Interviewing a

Stepping into the shoes of a character helps to understand Fitzgerald’s characterization; it

will assist you in analyzing the character’s thoughts, words, actions, and emotions.

Character
STEP ONE: In pairs, decide on a character you want to examine.
ll off your parties?
alone with Daisy. I threw the parties to get closer to herSTEP TWO:
in the firstDecide
place.onShe
which of you will
doesn’t act like
really the part
my of the
character, and which will play the role of interviewer.
e anyway, so it was the best time to stop throwing them. I even changed my servants to make sure
he privacyCharacter
we need.Selected: Your CHARACTER
NICK TOM DAISY GATSBY JORDAN Role:
INTERVIEWER
t believe Daisy’s daughter does not exist? Or why don’t you like her?
o believeSTEP
her existence
THREE: Spendbecause I think she
time examining is just
the text, another
focusing mistake
on your selected that Daisy did
character’s like marrying
actions, words, and emotions. Make
girl is just a barrier tonotes
our love
below.with Daisy
If you and
are the I don’t want
character, to see
jot down her
all that face
you canbecause
infer aboutit the
gives me pain.
character. If you are the
ur own children with Daisyinterviewer,
so, shewrite downnot
does a list of possible
need questionsbecause
her daughter for the character.
whenever she sees her she
he terrible mistake that she made before me.

IMPORTANT QUOTATIONS
d that you are going to get caught by Tom? Gatsby and I in turn leaned down and took the
small reluctant hand. Afterward he kept looking at
t he will take Daisy against her will from me. But I am not afraid that Daisy will fall in love
the child with
with surprise. him,
I don't think heI had ever
really believed in its existence before.
ove with me now. I just want to know that she never loved him. I also don’t like Tom trying to get
"Her voice is full of money," he said suddenly.
d and scaring her off, he should just understand that she doesn’t love him anymore. That wasThat isunderstood
it. I'd never all I am before. It was full
of money—that was the inexhaustible charm that
ning Tom. rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals' song
of it. . . . High in a white palace the king's daughter,
the golden girl. . .
cept Tom’s offer to go to the city with everyone? Do you think it was a genuine offer?
"She never loved you, do you hear?" he cried. "She
only married you because I was poor and she was
ked the question first and then Tom followed up with a bigger offer. I thought it would be fun to spend
tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake,
but
Daisy, and that it was a normal offer. I did not want her to be alone with Tom too. in her
I know heart she never loved
they areany one except
me!"
e is with me now. I do not believe Tom’s offer was a genuine offer, I knew he wanted to humiliate me
eel for Daisy weighed more. That is why I accepted his offer.

at Daisy will change her mind after the things Tom has revealed about you?
y was a bit shaken up after the things Tom said, but I’m sure she’ll be back to normal in no time.
bit excited by the things he said, after all. I am only really concerned about the criminal activity, it is
is unfamiliar with. She told me she loves me now, she won’t leave the man she has always loved

aisy’s love you or do you want to believe that she loves you?
n Daisy’s love for me. We both love each other so much and have a great time together. Besides,
o Daisy trusts me more than before. And I think she is going to leave Tom and we will have our own
er loved Tom, I know it is hard for her to admit but I can feel it. Sure, the baby makes things hard but
that if she admits that she never loved Tom. Besides, if she did not love why would she risk her
e?
ke the blameSTEPofFOUR:
Myrtle's
Nowdeath?
conduct the interview! Remember to stay in character.
ith all my heart, I do not want her to be sad and I do not want her life to be miserable. I know how to
AFTER THE ACTIVITY: Reflect on the activity by answering the questions below.
However, she does not know how. I just want her to be happy and I know she will wait for me until I
What did you learn about the How does Fitzgerald indirectly What did you find challenging
character? List three things. characterize him/her? about the activity?

He lives in the past and in his dreams.
He cannot read social situations properly.
He is selfish when it comes to Daisy, he
wants her to erase her past.
Putting ourselves in the character’s shoes.
Him accepting the offer to go to the city
with everyone shows how he isn’t familiar
with these kinds of social situations because
of his past.

Even though he is selfish when it comes to

Daisy he still sacrificed himself for her by
taking the blame for Myrtle's death.

Tnet
Grea
Gatsby
F. Scott
Fitzgerald

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