For Tuesday night’s discussion of The Great Gatsby, chapter seven, I’m extending the regular half-hour scheduled time to a full hour. There’s so much that happens in this chapter that even an hour will hardly be enough time to sift … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2012
In chapters six, we actually learn who Gatsby is – and will never be. Tom Buchanan, the husband we all love to despise, arrives with fellow aristocrats on horseback at Gatsby’s. He is oblivious to the rival intentions and actions of Jay … Continue reading
To this point in the novel, most of what we’ve been told about Gatsby comes from other sources; that is about to change. While another character, Meyer Wolfsheim, “…the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919…” is introduced … Continue reading
President Abraham Lincoln first shared with his entire cabinet a draft of what would become the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862. His plan received a mixed reception among his advisers given the dire times in which the administration … Continue reading