Research the followings and prepare a poster.
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THE GREAT GATSBY
BEFORE READING
RESEARCH
1.THE AUTHOR
a. Where was Fitzgerald born?
b. What is his family background?
c. When did he meet Zelda Sayre?
e. What was Zelda’s background?
f. How did the Fitzgeralds live?
h. What happened to Fitzgerald in the last years of his life?
2. JAZZ AGE
When did it start? When and how did it end? Why was it called The Jazz Age?
3. PROHIBITION
What was prohibited in some states in the USA during 1920s? What happened as a consequence of this?
What does ‘bootlegger’ mean?
4. AMERICAN DREAM
What does American Dream mean?
5. GREAT GATSBY
What qualities should a person have to be called ‘GREAT’?
Your research will be ready by October,16 2009
Eva Büyüksimkeşyan