APELC DLR 2013
8.21.13
Peter 4:10 Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.
Proverbs 2: 20-21 Walk therefore in the way of the good and keep the way of the righteous ones. Because the upright dwell in the land and those without blemish are spared in it
Robert E Lee You have only always to do what is right. It will become easier by practice, and you enjoy in the midst of your trials the pleasure of an approving conscience.
power of allusions: "grail" --> holiness, quest (ultimately unsuccessful), commitment for life
Lessons from Great Gatsby
- you don't get everything you want
- America has become a (moral) wasteland
- failure of "The American Dream"
What is "The American Dream"?
- social power
- money
- social legitimacy (DAR)
- "rags to riches", "work your way up"
- "boy gets girl"
- "land of the free"
08.22.13
American dream is different for women:
Child: Daisy :: Daisy : Tom
Jordan and Daisy have different definitions of success.
Think of Jordan as in the line of suffragettes
Nick is narrator: does this imply you have to take what he says as the truth?
"unreliable narrator"
HWPassages where nick contradicts himself or other impressions about Gatsby:
