Essential Question:
What are the effects of disillusionment on life and love?
This website explores the idea of disillusionment as it relates to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925), and how it can be expressed across a variety of media genres accessible to a high school English class.
As per the guidelines of the Multi-Genre Inquiry Project, these various representations of disillusionment and its associated themes are the product of "extensive inquiry" intended to provide us with a better understanding of the human experience as it relates to the essential question.
As per the guidelines of the Multi-Genre Inquiry Project, these various representations of disillusionment and its associated themes are the product of "extensive inquiry" intended to provide us with a better understanding of the human experience as it relates to the essential question.
An essay that introduces disillusionment as a concept, and explores the implications of its portrayal in various texts including novels, short stories, research journals, and articles.
A "blackout" poem that conveys an artistic interpretation of the theme of disillusionment utilizing the first page of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
A postcard depicting a fictional conversation between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby.
A graph visualizing economic trends in the United States before, during, and after the 1920's.
A cartoon imagining a pivotal scene from The Great Gatsby from the perspective of an opposing character.
A creative "missing persons" flyer displaying information about "The Lost Generation."
A lesson plan centered on orienting students with the theme of disillusionment and its portrayal in literature.
This website, which compiles and presents the various genres involved in exploring disillusionment and The Great Gatsby.