Nick Elnasser 12/22/16

At the beginning of class Mr.Rivers handed us back our index cards from yesterday that explained how Jay Gatsby went from bad fortune to good fortune. On those cards read quotes from "The Great Gatsby" that explained Gatsby's young years. Mr.Rivers drew the good/bad fortune chart on the board and we ranked Gatsby's fortune in a timeline of his life. We discussed how he started at the absolute bottom because he was born in North Dakota to shiftless parents and with the name James Gatz. Young Gatz, trying to make something of himself then went to St.Olaf college in Minnesota but only stayed for 2 weeks. Gatz then became a clam digger at Lake Superior because he had to do something to survive. One day while he was clam digging Dan Cody came to the shore in his yacht and he took young Gatz in for 5 years. At this point Gatsby's fortune went up tremendously but he was still poor. When Cody died he promised Gatz $25,000 but Gatz never actually received the money. The story then broke off and Gatsby turned rich but we don't know how he got there. Mr.Rivers then asked the question "Does Gatsby's path represent the American dream?" our groups discussed and this discussion led us to the end of the period.