ENGLISH

Student’s name: ____________________________________________ Number: _______

Teacher’s name: Glória Elena _ Date: __ Class number: _______

ENGLISH, SPANISH AND GEOGRAPHY PROJECT – 1st term

NEW YORK AS A CHARACTER IN THE GREAT GATSBY

2B – Due date: April, 6th

Dear students,

You can choose from the the list below the film/ tv series for your project or suggest a film of
your choice:

The Godfather parts I and II

Taxi Driver
Devil Wears Prada
Gossip Girl
Brooklyn 99
Inventing Anna
The Gilded Age
Do the right thing
Spiderman
Little Women
Friends
Home Alone 2
Breakfast at Tiffany´s

1. PROJECT ORIENTATION:
After watching the movie, choose a sequence and investigate how it can be related to the
novel The Great Gatsby.

2. A) Which of the themes from THE GREAT GATSBY can be related to the sequence?
 Obs. The Main themes in the novel are:

T H E R O A R I N G 2 0 ’ S ( T H E J A Z Z A G E )

T H E A M E R I C A N D R E A M

M O N E Y A N D M A T E R I A L I S M

F A S H I O N A N D C U S T O M S

N E W Y O R K

G E N D E R R O L E S I N S O C I E T Y

T H E G R E E N L I G H T

L O V E

M E M O R Y A N D T H E P A S T

I S O L A T I O N A N D E X C L U S I O N

M O R A L I T Y A N D E T H I C S

THE GREEN LIGHT AND NEW YORK AS THE PROMISED LAND

B) Consider New York as a character in the movie you choose. Talk about how the city is
portrayed in the movie and try to compare it to the way NY is described by Scott Fitzgerald in
the novel.
 What relevant role does NY city play in the movie and in the novel?

 What are the social classes in the sequence?

 What neighborhoods are depicted?

 How are the characters integrated into the city?

 Are the characters relegated to the outskirts of the city or are they associated with the

affluent parts of it?

 Is there any evidence of the process of socio-spatial segregation in the sequence?

Which urban forms can be seen / identified?

Obs:
“The term “urban form” is used to describe a city’s physical characteristics. It refers to the size,
shape, and configuration of an urban area or its parts. How it will be understood, structured, or
analyzed depends on scale. Characteristics of the urban form range from, at a very localized
scale, features such as building materials, facades, and fenestration to, at a broader scale,
housing type, street type, and their spatial arrangement or layout. The concept of urban form
encompasses also nonphysical aspects such as density.
Urban function can be conceptualized as function of city in relation to the society, hinterland, or
other settlements; as activities taking place inside of cities; or as a relation between urban
(social) needs and urban (spatial) forms.”
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-319-71063-1_78-1

3. PROJECT PRESENTATION:

The project should be presented in powerpoint. In the slides, students should write a
short text with comments and highlights of the chosen sequence.
Students should print images of the chosen sequence , copy and paste them into the
slides.