The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby Book Report Project by Dylan Davis For my book report project I chose to do a graffiti wall for the book The Great Gatsby. I made a brick wall out of red poster board and drawn on lines for the bricks. I chose five words that I thought related to the book and spray painted them onto the wall to create a graffiti look. The five words I chose are party, dream, love, eyes, and death. Here are the reasons why I chose each of these individual words:
Party: I chose the word party because Gatsby was always having parties at his mansion. Even though he would have a party every week he never actually partied with the rest of the people. Instead he would just stand off to the side and look for someone he was secretly in love with. And once she finally came to one of the parties he quit throwing them.
Dream: I chose the word dream because throughout the novel Gatsby dreamt of his young love falling back in love with him. He even bought a house across the river from Daisy, his lover, so he could be close to her without her knowing so. Daisy had a green light at the end of her dock and every night Gatsby would go look across the river at it as if it symbolized how close he was to his dream, yet also so far.
Love: I chose the word love because there were a lot of love stories in The Great Gatsby. One of which was the marriage between Daisy and Tom. But there was also a twist to this relationship because Tom was cheating on Daisy with Myrtle and Myrtle was also cheating on her husband George. There was also Nick and Jordan who had a little love going on between them as well. And then of course there was Gatsby and Daisy who had loved each other at a young age but were separated when Gatsby was sent to war. They later reignited their love when they met again in New York but it was short lived because Daisy and Tom left town and disappeared.
Eyes: I chose the word eyes because there was a billboard that had the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg on them. Those eyes
Party: I chose the word party because Gatsby was always having parties at his mansion. Even though he would have a party every week he never actually partied with the rest of the people. Instead he would just stand off to the side and look for someone he was secretly in love with. And once she finally came to one of the parties he quit throwing them.
Dream: I chose the word dream because throughout the novel Gatsby dreamt of his young love falling back in love with him. He even bought a house across the river from Daisy, his lover, so he could be close to her without her knowing so. Daisy had a green light at the end of her dock and every night Gatsby would go look across the river at it as if it symbolized how close he was to his dream, yet also so far.
Love: I chose the word love because there were a lot of love stories in The Great Gatsby. One of which was the marriage between Daisy and Tom. But there was also a twist to this relationship because Tom was cheating on Daisy with Myrtle and Myrtle was also cheating on her husband George. There was also Nick and Jordan who had a little love going on between them as well. And then of course there was Gatsby and Daisy who had loved each other at a young age but were separated when Gatsby was sent to war. They later reignited their love when they met again in New York but it was short lived because Daisy and Tom left town and disappeared.
Eyes: I chose the word eyes because there was a billboard that had the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg on them. Those eyes