Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key (1896 – 1940)

An outstanding American writer of the first half of the 20th century. In his creative work the mood, desires and ambitions of the young Americans of the Jazz Age (the period in American History between World War I and the Great Depression of the 30th) are so vividly depicted.

Gatsby, the embodiment of the ruined “American Dream”, has become a symbol of the “Lost Generation”.

Novels and stories by Fitzgerald

1920 This Side of Paradise

1922 The Beautiful and Damned

1920 Flappers and Philosophers (stories)

1922 Tales of the Jazz Age (stories)

1925 The Great Gatsby

1926 All the sad Young Men (stories)

1934 Tender is the Night

since 1935 a playwright in Hollywood

1940 The Last Tycoon (unfinished)

The Great Gatsby

(Указание страниц по изданию F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby. Москва, Высшая школа, 1984.)

Portion 1 – ch. 1-2 (pp. 14-38)

Portion 2 – ch. 3-4 (pp.38-64)

Portion 3 – ch. 5-6 (pp.64-84)

Portion 4 – ch. 7 (pp.85-106)

Portion 5 – ch. 8-9 (pp. 106-129)

Portion 6 – General discussion of the novel

List of characters

Jay Gatsby

Nick Carraway

Tom Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan

Jordan Baker

Myrtle Wilson

Mr. Wolfshiem

Dan Cody

Portion 1 (pp.14-38)

I. Learn the following words and word combinations

1. to turn smth over in one’s mind – обдумывать что-то (p.14)
2. to mean (to smb) – значить, означать (p.14)
3. tolerance – терпение, терпимость (p.15)
4. gorgeous – яркий, пышный, великолепный (p.15)
5. well-to-do – преуспевающий, состоятельный, зажиточный (p.15)
6. bizarre – странный, причудливый, эксцентричный (p.17)
7. a matter for reproach – повод для осуждения (p.17)
8. to take smb’s breath away – захватить дух (p.17)
9. for no particular reason – без определенной причины (p.17)
10. to hate smb’s guts (Ам.) – смертельно кого-то ненавидеть (p.18)
11. to approve of (smb/smth) – одобрять (p.18)
12. to see smb/smth out of the corner of one’s eyes – заметить кого-то краешком глаза (p.)
13. to look searchingly at smb – смотреть на кого-то изучающе, испытующе
14. complacency – самодовольство

      complacent – самодовольный

15. to be devoid of smth – быть лишенным чего-то
16. to put out of one’s mind – выбросить из головы (какую-л идею)
17. contemptuous – презрительный, пренебрежительный, высокомерный
18. to have no intention of doing smth – не иметь никакого намерения что-л делать
19. not to be fit to lick smb’s shoe – быть недостойным кого-то
20. a letter of introduction – рекомендательное письмо
21. to divorce / to get a divorce – развестись

      to marry smb / to get married to smb – жениться, выйти замуж

22. to be below smb – быть ниже по положению; быть недостойным кого-л

II. Match the definition with the word. Pronounce these words correctly. Give their Russian equivalents. Reproduce the sentences these items were used in.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. to give advice, to turn smth over in one’s mind, to feel like doing smth, advantage, to reserve all judgements; 2. a habit, to make a victim of…, to attach oneself to, to accuse of, to be privy to smth; 3. to be inclined to do smth, to be afraid of, tolerance, to have glimpses into the human heart, to be exempt from; 4. well-to-do people, to start a wholesale hardware business, to graduate from, to learn the bond business; 5. to rent a house, physical resemblance, a bizarre contrast, a mansion, an eyesore, a consoling proximity of millionaires; 6. wealthy, a matter for reproach, to take smb’s/one’s breath away, for no particular reason, to drift, wistfully; 7. sturdy, a supercilious manner, arrogant, leverage, to hate smb’s guts; 8. to buoy up, to die out, to be extended full length, motionless, to see out of the corner of one’s eye; 9. to lean forward, imperceptibly, to care for smb, to send love to smb; 10. unobtrusively, to hurry from phase to phase, to mean nothing in particular, to go to pieces, to be submerged, to break out, profound, complacency; 11. to grasp the meaning, to glance searchingly at smb, to vanish into air, to avoid all eyes; 12. a libel, to publish the banns, to have no intention of doing smth, confused; 13. to insist on smth, to resent, curious, to border on violence; 14. to stand smb, to get a divorce, to get married, to keep apart; 15. to be below smb, ambiguously, not to be fit to lick smb’s shoe, to make a mistake; 16. to stand face to face, to have a right to do smth, a deft movement, despairing, to bleed fluently.

IY. Put in the correct prepositions

1. In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning ___ in my mind ever since. 2. I am still a little afraid ___ missing something… 3. Only Gatsby…was exempt ___ my reaction – Gatsby, who represented everything ___ which I have an unaffected scorn. 4. And I had the high intention ___ reading many other books besides. 5. …life is much more successfully looked ___ ___ a single window. 6. …even in college his freedom with money was a matter ___ reproach. 7. If she saw me ___ ___ the corner of her eyes she gave no hint ___ it. 8. Things went ___ bad ___ worse, until finally he had to give ___ his position. 9. You can’t stop going with an old friend ___ account of rumors, and ___ the other hand I had no intention ___ being rumored ___ marriage. 10. I think he’d tanked ___ a good deal ___ luncheon, and his determination to have my company bordered ___ violence. 11. The man peered doubtfully ___ the basket, plunged ___ his hand and drew one ___ …by the back ___ the neck. 12. Sitting ___ Tom’s lap Mrs. Wilson called ___ several people ___ the telephone… 13. The sister Catherine sat ___ ___ me ___ the couch.

Y. Translate the passages from the text into Russian (in writing)

1. (p.14) “In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgements… Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope”.
2. (p.15) “No – Gatsby turned out to be all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men”.
3. (p.23) “She was only extemporizing, but a stirring warmth flowed from her, as if her heart was trying to come out to you concealed in one of those breathless, thrilling words”.
4. (p.27) “Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart”.
5. (p.36) “I wanted to get out and walk eastward… and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life”.

YI. Paraphrase

1. (p.14) I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
2. (p.17) …though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre contrast between them.
3. (p.17) I had no sight into Daisy’s heart.
4. (p.18) …and there were men at New Haven who had hated his guts.
5. (p.26) “Did you give Nick a little heart-to-heart talk on the veranda?” – demanded Tom suddenly.
6. (p.30) He’s so dumb he doesn’t know he’s alive.
7. (p.35) …they’re going West to live for a while until it blows over.
8. (p.35) We had over twelve hundred dollars when we started, but we got gypped out of it all in two days in the private rooms.
9. (p.36) …then I lay down and cried to beat the band all afternoon.

YII. Translate from Russian into English using the active expressions of the portion (in writing)

1. Приезд на Лонг Айленд много значил для Ника Каравейя. После участия в Мировой войне (которую он с юмором, и даже с сарказмом, называл “это запоздалое переселение германцев”) он вернулся домой в мятежном расположении духа. Его семья была достаточно зажиточной, но, странное дело, у Ника не было ни малейшего желания пойти по стопам своего отца. Безо всякой определенной причины он был лишен чувства семьи. Достаточно долго Ник “мучился” идеей переезда на восток. Отец Ника пытался противостоять этой затее, но ненавязчиво. Ник не мог выбросить эту странную идею из головы, получил рекомендательное письмо и отправился на восток постигать секреты операций с ценными бумагами. 2. Все знали, что Джей Гэтсби был очень состоятельным человеком. Как ни странно, но совершенно безо всякой причины люди страшно его ненавидели, считая его странным и высокомерным. Они не одобряли такие частые богатые вечеринки, которые он устраивал в своем саду, его расточительность и веселость. Этот отрицательный настрой, как вы понимаете, коренился в их зависти. Всем известно, что люди завидуют тем, кто лучше их, кто процветает и наслаждается жизнью. Да, это правда, что Гэтсби был очень горд, горд тем, что он достиг в своей жизни, но он был лишен всякого самодовольства. Он мог быть отличным другом, а его терпение вызывало восхищение.

YIII. Answer the questions

1. When and where is the scene laid?
2. Who is the narrator in the novel?
3. What have you learnt about Nick Carraway’s age, vocation, background, mode of life, environment?
4. What community did the narrator begin his new life in?
5. Speak on the narrator’s first mention of Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker. Describe their appearance. What features of the characters are accentuated in the descriptions of their appearance and behaviour?
6. What were Tom’s ideas?
7. What caused uneasiness at dinner at the Buchanans’? How did the behaviour of those present at dinner change after the telephone call?
8. Was Nick disappointed in the Buchanans after visiting them?
9. Can you call Myrtle a beauty? Describe her.
10. Why did Myrtle get disappointed in her husband?
11. How did she happen to meet Tom Buchanan?
12. What did Tom think of Myrtle? Did he love her?

IX. Points for discussion

1. Speak about of the author of the novel and the time he was living and writing.
2. Comment on the way the novel begins. What is the role of the preface?
3. What were the root reasons for Nick’s drifting East?
4. Characterize the period Carraway came East. What generation Carraway belongs to?
5. Speak on the narrator’s first mention of the key-character of the novel – Gatsby. Isn’t Carraway’s attitude to Gatsby ambivalent from your point of view?
6. Give a character sketch of Tom Buchanan. Speak on his social standing and his views.
7. Compare Daisy and Myrtle.

X. Sum up the portion

Portion 2 (pp.38-64)

1.  Learn the following words and word combinations

1. to know one from another – отличать кого-то / что-то от чего-то
2. to be in full swing – быть в разгаре; идти полным ходом
3. to prevent – не допустить, предотвратить
4. to be ill at ease – чувствовать себя неуверенно, “не в своей тарелке”
5. to take smth for granted – принимать как должное, как само собой разумеющееся
6. to pick words with care – подбирать слова
7. a rough-neck – буян, хулиган; хулиганский
8. to tantalize smb – мучить
9. tumultuous – возбужденный, взволнованный; беспорядочный, буйный
10. next to nothing – почти ничего
11. to lose sight of smb – потерять кого-то из виду
12. to deal in subterfuges – прибегать к уловкам, хитрить, обманывать
13. a person of consequence – важный, влиятельный человек
14. to be aware of smth – осознавать, понимать
15. to elude (smb) – ускользнуть; избегать, уклоняться; не приходить в голову
16. to pay tribute (of smth) to smb – платить дань (любви, уважения) кому-либо
17. to come into (a good deal of) money – разбогатеть
18. then and there – тотчас, мгновенно
19. to brood (on, over) – размышлять, вынашивать (мысль)
20. to impose (smth/smb) on smb – навязывать(ся), обманом всучить
21. to catch a glimpse of – увидеть мимолетно, мельком

II. Match the definition with the word. Pronounce these words correctly. Give their Russian equivalents. Reproduce the sentences these items were used in.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. buffet tables, to garnish, to know one from another; 2. an orchestra, to be in full swing, to invite, to be introduced; 3. to make an attempt to do smth, to ask smb’s whereabouts, to slink off, to look purposeless, to attach oneself to someone, to saunter about the garden; 4. to examine smb from head to foot, to take smth for granted, to be liable to collapse, to be drunk, to sober smb up, to shake hands with smb; 5. to identify oneself, to pick one’s words with care, to exclaim, to try smth out, to be on the tip of one’s tongue, a rough neck; 6. eagerness, to approach smb, to tantalize smb, to wave a jaunty salute, to give another thought to smth; 7. a bizarre and tumultuous scene, to dismount from the wreck, to shrug shoulders, next to nothing, to commit suicide; 8. to lose sight of smb, to be in love, to conceal, to die away, to deal in subterfuges, to be incurably dishonest; 9. a person of consequence, to begin generalized evasions, to be aware of, to look at smb sideways, to hurry the phrase, to haunt; 10. to bear an enchanted life, to accept a commission (as first lieutenant), to be promoted, to have an authentic look, “For Valour Extraordinary”; 11. half-darkness, then and there, to brood, to lapse into a somnambulatory abstraction; 12. to make the pleasure of smb’s acquaintance, to introduce, to outstay one’s welcome, to impose oneself on smb; 13. to be by far the most popular, to be engrossed in each other, to lay eyes on smb, coincidence, to catch a glimpse of.

IY. Put in the correct prepositions

1. Suddenly one of these gypsies…seized a cocktail ___ ___ the air, dumps it ___ ___ courage and, moving her hands like Frisco, dances ___ alone on the canvas platform. 2. They got ___ automobiles which bore them ___ ___ Long Island, and somehow they ended ___ ___ Gatsby’s door. 3. I was ___ my way to get roaring drunk ___ sheer embarrassment when Jordan Baker came ___ ___ the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest ___ ___ the garden. 4. We were sitting ___ a table ___ a man ___ about my age and a rowdy little girl, who gave way ___ the slightest provocation ___ uncontrollable laughter. 5. Something in her tone reminded me ___ the other girl’s “I think he killed a man”, and had the effect ___ stimulating my curiosity. 6. She got ___ slowly, raising her eyebrows ___ me ___ astonishment, and followed the butler ___ the house. 7. ___ least a dozen men, some of them a little better ___ than he was, explained ___ him that wheel and car were no longer joined ___ any physical bond. 8. I knew the other clerks…and lunched with them ___ dark, crowded restaurants ___ little pig sausages and mashed potatoes and coffee. 9. …I followed them to their apartments ___ the corners ___ hidden streets, and they turned and smiled ___ ___ me before they faded ___ a door ___ warm darkness. 10. When we were ___ a house-party together ___ ___ Warwick, she left a borrowed car ___ ___ the rain with the top ___, and then lied ___ it. 11. The thing approached ___ the proportions ___ a scandal – then died ___. 12. I was walking ___ from one place to another… I was happier ___ the lawns because I had ___ shoes ___ England with rubber nobs ___ the soles that bit ___ the soft ground. 13. We gave her spirits of ammonia and put ice ___ her forehead and hooked her ___ ___ her dress, and half an hour later, when we walked ___ ___ the room, the pearls were ___ her neck and the incident was ___. 14. She used to sit ___ the sand ___ his head ___ her lap ___ the hour, rubbing her fingers ___ his eyes and looking ___ him ___ unfathomable delight. 15. He doesn’t know very much ___ Tom, though he says he’s read a Chicago paper ___ years just ___ the chance ___ catching a glimpse ___ Daisy’s name.

Y. Translate the passages from the text into Russian (in writing)

1. (p.39) “By seven o’clock the orchestra has arrived… and low and high drums”.
2. (p.42) “Instead of rambling, this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of presenting the staid nobility of the country-side – East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety”.
3. (p.43) “The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn”.
4. (p.44) “It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it… It faced – or seemed to face – the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor”.
5. (p.56) “Over the great bridge… in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world”.
6. (p.63) “He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor”.

YI. Paraphrase

1. (p.40) …though here and there was a face I had noticed on the commuting train.
2. (p.43) It’s a bona-fide piece of printed matter.
3. (p.44) When he was gone I turned immediately to Jordan constrained to assure her of my surprise.
4. (p.45) …it seemed to me that he grew more correct as the fraternal hilarity increased.
5. (p.50) At first I was flattered to go places with her, because she was a golf champion, and everyone knew her.
6. (p.52) He’s a bootlegger.
7. (p.62) They moved with a fast crowd (old-fash.).
8. (p.63) You see, he’s a regular tough (old-fash.) underneath it all.

YII. Translate from Russian into English using the active expressions of the portion (in writing)

1. Джей Гэтсби устраивал свои вечеринки с изысканной помпезностью. По крайней мере раз в две недели его огромный сад превращался в рождественскую елку, украшенную тысячами разноцветных лампочек. Буфетные столы были сервированы прекрасными блюдами (многочисленные закуски, пряный печеный окорок, фантастические салаты, поросята, индюшки – всего не перечислить). В запасах его бара были джины, ликеры, превосходные вина и настойки, которые большинство его гостей едва могли отличить один от другого и оценить по достоинству. Когда Ник Карравей ступил на “эту перенаселенную лужайку Гэтсби”, вечеринка была в полном разгаре, и он почувствовал себя неловко. Он абсолютно никого не знал, даже его хозяин все еще оставался достаточно туманной фигурой для него (то же самое можно было сказать и о других гостях, которые приезжали и уезжали, даже не узнав, кто их пригласил). 2. Ник Карравей осознавал тот факт, что Джей Гэтсби был важным, влиятельным человеком, но он мог уверить вас, как, впрочем, и любой другой, что почти ничего о нем не знал, не смотря на то, что они были соседями. О жизни Гэтсби и его прошлом ходило очень много слухов. Люди говорили, что Гэтсби был контрабандистом, зарабатывающим свои “грязные деньги” на аферах. Это правда, когда о тебе никто ничего не знает, то о тебе начинают сочинять всякие небылицы. У всех вызывало недоумение, как Гэтсби смог так сказочно разбогатеть, но ответ знал только Гэтсби.

YIII. Answer the following questions

1. Why was Gatsby keen on giving those amazing parties?
2. What sort of rumours about Gatsby were in circulation among the guests?
3. Could anyone who accepted Gatsby’s hospitality recognize the host? Describe Gatsby’s guests. What sort of people were attracted by his parties?
4. Why did Owl Eyes suspect that Gatsby’s books were not real? What does this fact suggest?
5. Did Gatsby experience isolation and loneliness? Find evidence in the text to prove your point of view.
6. How is Gatsby characterized through his speech? Point out the examples to illustrate the queer combination of a certain formality of his speech with jargon.
7. How is Gatsby characterized through driving a car?
8. Gatsby called Mr. Wolfshiem his friend. Describe Mr. Wolfshiem (his appearance, manner of speech and behaviour, his past and his business).
9. What was Mr. Wolfshiem’s opinion of Gatsby?
10. How does the friendship between Gatsby and Mr. Wolfshiem characterize the first one?
11. What have you learnt about Daisy and Gatsby’s love from Jordan’s story? Do you think their separation was unavoidable?
12. What were Daisy’s feelings and behaviour on her wedding day? Why did she marry Tom Buchanan? Was she happy with him?

IX. Points for discussion

1. How does the author portray a particular period and make the reader feel the spirit of the epoch?
2. How does the author create the atmosphere of those huge, extravagant parties at Gatsby’s? What colours prevail in the descriptions of the parties? What is the role of the music that accompanies the action in chapter 3?
3. Do you believe that Gatsby was at Oxford?
4. Do you think it was possible for Gatsby to recapture the lost past (Daisy)?
5. Give a character sketch of Gatsby (at this stage of narration).
6. What is the effect of presenting Gatsby through the eyes of Nick Carraway?
7. Sum up Jordan Baker (her behaviour at different parties, the epithets constantly applied to her, Nick’s characterization and his attitude to her). Why was it Jordan Baker and nobody else who told Nick Gatsby’s story?

X. Sum up the portion

Portion 3 (pp. 64-84)

I. Learn the following words and word combinations and be ready to reproduce the situations they are used in the novel.

1. to put smb to (any) trouble – втягивать кого-то в неприятность (p.65)
2. to suit smb – быть подходящим для кого-то (p.65)
3. to take up much of smb’s time – отнимать у кого-то много времени (p.65)
4. an offer – предложение (p.65)
5. to look through a paper with vacant eyes - рассеянно просматривать газету (p.66)
6. to be embarrassed – быть в замешательстве, быть смущенным (p.69)
7. to inherit (smth) - (у)наследовать (p.70)
8. to propose – предложить, сделать предложение (p.70)
9. to occur to smb – приходить в голову, приходить на ум (p.74)
10. to be out of practice – быть без практики, не практиковать (p.74)
11. to fall short of being news – перестать быть новостью (p.75)
12. to become authorities upon smth – становиться знатоком чего-либо становиться авторитетом в какой-либо области (p.75)
13. to be in a riot – восставать, бунтовать, быть в мятежном расположении духа (p.76)
14. to be (come) contemptuous of smb – презрительно относиться к кому-либо (p.76)
15. to haunt smb – одолевать, преследовать кого-либо (p.76)
16. to provide / give an outlet for one’s imagination – давать выход воображению (p.76)
17. to be on the verge of – быть на грани чего-л. (p.76)
18. to provide for contingencies – предусмотреть на случай непредвиденных обстоятельств (p.77)
19. to clear away a set of misconceptions – развеять ряд ложных представлений (p.77)
20.  to ingratiate oneself with smb – втираться в доверие к кому-либо (p.77)
21. to strain oneself – прилагать усилия, напрягаться (p.82)
22. unwavering devotion – беззаветная преданность (p.83)
23.  to be within / out of smb’s reach– быть в пределах / вне пределов досягаемости (p.84)

II. Match the definition with the word. Pronounce these words correctly. Give their Russian equivalents. Reproduce the sentences these items were used in.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. to be on fire, to blaze with light, to take a plunge in the swimming pool, suppressed eagerness; 2. to invite smb to tea, to put smb to (some) trouble, to suit smb; 3. to carry on business, to be on a side line, to take much of smb’s time, an offer, to render smb a service, to cut smb off; 4. to tap at the door, dark signs of sleeplessness beneath one’s eyes, nervously, to say smth hollowly, to look through a paper with vacant eyes; 5. to one’s overwhelming surprise, to shake one’s head, to be embarrassed, incredulously, to act like a little boy; 6. a vestige (of embarrassment), to be smeared with tears, to wipe at smth, confounding; 7. to inherit money, an appropriate reply, to propose; 8. celebrated people, to be breathlessly silent, to be consumed with wonder, to recover oneself, to occur to smb; 9. dishevelled, shell-rimmed glasses, trousers of a nebulous hue, to be out of practice; 10. notoriety, to spread about, to accept one’s hospitality, to become authorities upon smb’s past, to fall short of being news; 11. contemporary legends, to attach smth to smb, a persistent story, to be a source of satisfaction to smb; 12. an instinct towards one’s future glory, to be dismayed at smth, the drums of destiny, to despise smth, to pay one’s way through, to search for smth, to drop anchor; 13. to be employed, a personal capacity, in turn, sober, to provide for contingencies, to repose trust in smb; 14. to inherit a legacy, legal device, to go intact to smb, to be left with; 15. to recover smth, to be confused and disordered, to return to a starting place; 16. to obliterate smth, to decide upon more practical measures, used to; 17. to break off, to walk up and down, to ask too much of smb, to venture, to repeat the past.

IY. Put in the correct prepositions

1. “Would you rather put it __ __ a few days?” – I asked. 2. I had no choice except to cut him __ there. 3. I called __ Daisy __ the office next morning, and invited her to come __ tea. 4. A damp streak __ hair lay like a dash __ blue paint __ her cheek, and her hand was wet __ glistening drops as I took it to help her __ the car. 5. She turned her head as there was a light dignified knocking __ the front door. 6. Aware __ the loud beating __ my own heart I pulled the door __ __ the increasing rain. 7. His head leaned __ so far that it rested __ the face __ a defunct mantelpiece clock, and __ this position his distraught eyes stared __ __ Daisy… 8. …Daisy came __ __ the house and two rows of brass buttons __ her dress gleamed __ the sunlight. 9. I looked once more __ them and they looked __ __ me, remotely, possessed __ intense life. 10. His heart was ___ constant turbulent riot. 11. He knew women early and since they spoiled him he became contemptuous ___ them, ___ young virgins because they were ignorant, ___ the others because they were hysterical ____ things which in his overwhelming self-absorption he took ___ granted. 12. He stayed there ____ two weeks, dismayed ____ its ferocious indifference to the drums of his destiny, to destiny itself, and despising the janitor’s work with which he was to pay his way ____. 13. The transactions in Montana copper that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust but ___ the verge ___ soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him ___ his money. 14. He had been coasting ___ all too hospitable shores ___ 5 years, when he turned ___ as James Gatsby’s destiny in Little Girl Bay. 15. And it was ___ Cody that he inherited money – a legacy ___ 25 thousand dollars. 16. So I take advantage ___ this short halt, while Gatsby, so to speak, caught ___ his breath, to clear this set of misconceptions ___. 17. He had control ___ himself now, and he wanted to see more ___ Tom. 18. Mr. Sloane got ___ his feet.

Y. Translate the passages from the text into Russian (in writing)

1. (p.67) “He looked at his watch as if there was some pressing demand on his time elsewhere.”
2. (p.68) “My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn. I couldn’t muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head.”
3. (p.73) “He was now decently clothed in a sport shirt, open at the neck, sneakers, and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.”
4. (p.74) “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams – not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion.” (p.76) For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher or in any other capacity that brought him food and bed.
5. (p.76) For over a year he had been beating his way along the south shore of Lake Superior as a clam-digger and a salmon-fisher or in any other capacity that brought him food and bed.
6. (p.80) “Perhaps you know the lady”, Gatsby indicated a gorgeous, scarcely human orchid of a woman who sat in state under a white-plum tree. Tom and Daisy stared, with that peculiarly unreal feeling that accompanies the recognition of a hitherto ghostly celebrity of the movies.

YI. Paraphrase

1. (p.65) I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line…
2. (p.65) Evidently he thought that I was shying away from the “gonnegtion” mentioned at lunch.
3. (p.69) I stared at it, like Kant at his church steeple, for half an hour.
4. (p.72) Now in the reaction he was running down like an overwound clock.
5. (p.77) ... for himself he formed the habit of letting liquor alone.
6. (p.79) By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish.
7. (p.81) But  what had amused me then turned septic of the air.
8. (p.82) Well, he certainly must have strained himself to get this menagerie together.

YII. Interpret the following passages.

1. (p.75) The truth was that Jay Gatsby of West Egg, Long Island, sprang from his Platonic conception of himself. He was a son of God – a phrase which, if it means anything, means just that – and he must be about His Father’s business, the service of a vast, vulgar, and meretricious beauty.

2. (p.82) But the rest offended her – and inarguably, because it wasn’t a gesture but an emotion. She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented ‘place’ that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village – appalled by its row vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing. She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand.

3. (p.84) He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.

YIII. Translate from Russian into English using the active expressions of the portion (in writing)

1. Ник Каравей не мог понять: на чем основывалась дружба Джея Гэтсби. Он спрашивал себя, было ли это искреннее чувство или же он просто устраивал Гэтсби как некое средство приблизить свою собственную мечту (платоническую идею о себе) – Дейзи. 2. Дружба Ника никогда не основывалась на классовом принципе (различии). Ему никогда и в голову не приходило презрительно относиться к людям, не принадлежащим к его собственному классу. 3. Чувства Ника к Гэтсби были очень открытые и искренние. У Ника не было ни малейшего намерения втереться к нему в доверие, просто он не мог не изумляться беззаветной преданности Гэтсби своей платонической мечте (“этой беспредельной, вульгарной, показной красоте”). Поэтому Ник, пренебрегнув своим собственным спокойствием (комфортом) и опасностью быть втянутым в неприятность, пригласил Дейзи на чай в свой дом, что очень устраивало как Гэтсби, так и Дейзи. 4. День наступил, и шел дождь. В голове Гэтсби была полная путаница. Он очень нервничал, и это отражалось в его неадекватном поведении: под глазами остались следы бессонной ночи, он отвечал невпопад, одним словом он был на грани нервного срыва. Поведение Гэтсби смутило Ника, поскольку он никогда не видел его в таком состоянии. Ник приложил все усилия, чтобы встреча Гэтсби с Дейзи прошла хорошо. 5. Прошлое Гэтсби и источник его огромного состояния все еще преследовало умы окружающих: об этом странном человеке никто ничего не знал. Поскольку было трудно развеять ряд ложных представлений о Гэтсби, люди давали выход своему воображению. Поэтому-то репутация Гэтсби граничила со скандалом.

IX. Answer the following questions

1. Why was Gatsby’s house blazing with lights?
2. Who did Gatsby choose to be the intermediary between Daisy and himself?
3. What preparations did Gatsby make for the tea-party at Nick’s?
4. What did Gatsby say of the business he was in? What was Nick’s reaction to this?
5. Describe Gatsby’s state of mind and his behaviour before he met Daisy and during their meeting.
6. Why did Gatsby want Daisy to see his house?
7. What impression did Gatsby’s wealth make on Daisy?
8. Why does the author characterize Gatsby as being ‘notorious’?
9. Who was Dan Cody and how did he turn up in Little Girl Bay?
10. Describe Tom’s and Jay Gatsby’s first encounter. Why did Tom call Jay “crazy fish”.
11. How does the author show Gatsby’s lack of the social grace and refinement in comparison with Tom Buchanan or Nick Carraway?
12. What were Daisy’s impressions of the party at Gatsby’s mansion?
13. What were Gatsby’s feelings after the party?

X. Points for discussion

1. What is the meaning of the description of the weather in chapter 5?
2. How can you account for Gatsby’s terror, tension, despair and exultation at the tea-party?
3. Gatsby made it a point that Daisy should see his house (and consequently his wealth). What was Daisy’s reaction? How does this episode characterize Daisy?
4. There are a lot of time terms in chapter 5. Find them and say what they suggest. What is the meaning of the episode with the clock on the mantelpiece?
5. What is the role of Gatsby’s picture at the age of about 18 introduced in chapter 5?
6. Account for the fact that the author gives practically no information about the relations between Gatsby and Daisy from the time of their reunion in Chapter 5?
7. Speak about James Gatz’ transformation into Jay Gatsby. Speak about his aspirations in life, his family and educational background, his self-conception. Why did he adopt a new name? What role did Dan Cody play in Jay’s transformation?
8. In Chapters 3 and 6 the author gives the descriptions of the parties. Compare the mood of the two parties. Why, do you think, the description of the party in Chapter 6 is given mainly not through Nick’s, as in chapter 3, but through Daisy’s eyes? How did the different characters (Nick, Daisy, Gatsby, Tom) perceive the party?
9. What do you think of Gatsby’s idea to win Daisy back by reviving the past?
10. Collect all the facts from Chapter 6 concerning Jay Gatsby’s past. How does it add to the understanding of his personality. Give his character sketch.

XI. Sum up the portion

Portion 4 (pp.85-106)

I. Learn the following words and word combinations and be ready to reproduce the situations they are used in the novel.

1. to fire / to dismiss – уволить (p. 85)
2. to be up – затеваться, происходить (p. 85)
3. harrowing scene – душераздирающая сцена (p. 85)
4. to be under no obligation –быть свободным от каких-либо обязательств (p. 87)
5. a bona-fide deal – честная сделка (p. 87)
6. to be astounded – быть пораженным (p. 89)
7. to be distasteful to smb – быть неприятным кому-либо (p. 90)
8. to leave out of sight – упускать из вида (p. 90)
9. incredulous – недоверчивый, скептический (p. 91)
10. impatiently – нетерпеливо (p. 91)
11. to let smb alone – оставить кого-либо в покое (p. 94)
12. to make personal remarks – переходить на личности (p. 94)
13.  to be out in the open – открыто выяснять отношения (p. 96)
14. to sneer at smth – насмехаться над чем-либо (p. 96)
15.  to go off on a spree – уйти в загул (p. 97)
16. to sell smth over the counter – продавать что-либо из-под прилавка
17. to leave smb in the lurch – бросить кого-либо в беде (p. 98)
18. to be broke - быть без денег, испытывать финансовые затруднения (p. 99)
19. to scare smb into doing smth– запугать кого-либо, заставив делать что-либо (p. 99)
20. to be just small change – быть мелочью, пустяком (p. 99)
21. to draw into oneself – уйти в себя (p. 99)
22. to talk incessantly – болтать без умолку (p. 100)
23. truculent eyes– свирепый взгляд (p. 103)
24. to feel weird – чувствовать себя уставшим (p. 104)

II. Match the definition with the word. Pronounce these words correctly. Give their Russian equivalents. Reproduce the sentences these items were used in.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. To pick smth up, to hand smth back, to hold smth at arm’s length, to have no designs upon smth, to suspect smb smth; 2. rumour, to raise one’s voice with annoyance, to be under no obligations to smb, to bother smb, to stand smth, to assure smb, a bona-fide deal; 3. a suggestion, to be distasteful to smb, to look at the gauge, to run our, a pointless remark, to frown; 4. confusion, to feel the hot whips of panic, to slip precipitately from one’s control, to step on the accelerator, to overtake smb, to leave smb behind; 5. to cause a row, to be out in the open, to be content, to look from one to another, to have self-control; 6. to get foolish ideas in one’s head, to go off on a spree, to make a fool of oneself, to love smb in one’s heart; 7. to make an investigation into one’s affairs, to sell grain alcohol over the counter, to pick smb for a bootlegger; 8. to move away, to be astonished, to be capable of smth, a worn-out man, to stare at, to laugh in an agreeable way, to be his wife’s man; 9. to source of the groaning words, to sway back and forth, to talk to smb in a low voice, to jerk, to give out a horrible call; 10. to stand smth pretty well, the only thing that mattered, to go by a side road, to swing the wheel, to break off, to guess at the truth; 11. to be nervous, to steady oneself, to rush out, to happen in a minute, to lose one’s nerve, to feel the shock, to kill smb instantly; 12. to talk intently, to cover smb’s hand, to look up, to nod in agreement, an air of intimacy, to conspire.

IY. Put in the correct prepositions

1. I picked it ___ with a weary bend and handed it ___ to her. 2. I’m ___ no obligation ___ you at all…as for your bothering me ___ it __ lunch time, I won’t stand that at all. 3. The suggestion was distasteful ___ Gatsby. 4. Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively, and we shot ___ into the oppressive heat, leaving them ___ ___ sight ___. 5. Then as Doctor T.J. Eckleburg’s faded eyes came ___ sight down the road, I remembered Gatsby’s caution ___ gasoline. 6. What do I owe___ you? 7. They were ___ ___ the open at last and Gatsby was content. 8. Nowadays people begin by sneering ___ family life, and next they’ll throw everything ___...9. Gatsby sprang ___ his feet, vivid ___ excitement. 10.  “Sit down, Daisy”, Tom’s voice groped unsuccessfully ___ the paternal note. 11. Once __ a while I go ___ a spree and make a fool ___ myself, but I always come ___, and ___ my heart I loved her all the time. 12. I’m going to take better care ___ you from now ___. 13. …Thy had been neighbors for 4 years and Wilson had never seemed faintly capable ___ such a statement. 14. He slowed ___, but still without any intention ___ stopping… 15. Once ___ a while she looked ___ him and nodded ___ agreement.

Y. Translate the passages from the text into Russian (in writing)

1.  (p.86) Jordan’s fingers, powdered white over their tan, rested for a moment in mine.
2. (p.87) Tom flung open the door, blocked out its space for a moment with his thick body, and hurried into the room.
3. (p.87) The child, relinquished by the nurse, rushed across the room and rooted shyly into her mother’s dress.
4. (p.91) We were all irritable now with the fading ale, and aware of it we drove for a while in silence.
5. (p.93) The prolonged and tumultuous argument that ended by herding us into that room eludes me, though I have a sharp physical memory that, in the course of it, my underwear kept climbing like a damp snake around my legs and intermittent beads of sweat raced cool across by back.

VI. Paraphrase.

1. (p.85) So the whole caravansary had fallen in like a card house at the disapproval in her eyes.
2. (p.96) Angry as I was, as we all were, I was tempted to laugh whenever he opened his mouth. The transition from libertine to prig was so completed.
3. (p.98) The words seemed to bite physically into Gatsby.
4. (p. 100) Human sympathy has its limits, and we were content to let all their tragic arguments fade with the city lights behind.
5. (p.106) I’ll see if there’s any sign of a commotion.
6. (p.106) There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.

YII. Interpret the following passages.

1. (p.89) “Her voice is full of money”, he said suddenly. That was it. I’d never understood before. It was full of money that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it? The jingle of it? The cymbals’ song of it… High in a white palace the king’s daughter, the golden girl…
2.  (p.92) There’s no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind, and as we drove away Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic.
3.  (p.100) Thirty – the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.
4. (p.100) But there was Jordan beside me, who unlike Daisy, was too wise ever to carry well-forgotten dreams from age to age.

VIII. Translate from Russian into English using the active expressions of the portion (in writing)

1. Том Бьюкенен был поражен, когда узнал, что у его жены роман с Гэтсби. В последнее время он чувствовал, что что-то не так, и старался не выпускать жену из виду, но у него это плохо получалось. Нервы Тома были на пределе. Сама мысль о неверности жены была ему неприятна. Он стал раздражительным и ему казалось, что все насмехаются над ним.
2. На вечеринках Гэтсби всегда дежурил около Коуди. Он старался не выпускать хозяина из вида и всегда испытывал облегчение, когда все, наконец, заканчивалось. Когда Коуди уходил в загул, он становился другим человеком. Обычно молчаливый, он начинал болтать без умолку, становился рзадражительным, легко переходил на личности и мог устроить безобразную сцену. Сам Коуди прекрасно знал это и ему нужен был такой человек как Гэтсби, который не бросил бы его в любой трудной ситуации.
3. Под конец этого злосчастного дня Ник чувствовал себя ужасно уставшим и больше всего хотел, чтобы его оставили в покое. И теперь, когда он наконец остался один он почувствовал облегчение. Он направился к дому, но через пару метров наткнулся на Гэтсби, который дежурил возле дома Дейзи. Гэтсби попросил Ника проверить, все ли было в доме в порядке. Когда Ник заглянул в окно кухни он увидел Дейзи и Тома и услышал их приглушенные голоса. Том, по-видимому, пытался успокоить Дейзи, но она смотрел на него с недоверием.
4. Том Бьюкенен тоже был теперь рад, что он мог открыто выяснить отношения с Джеем Гэтсби. Он заявил, что Гэтсби и Вольфшим воспользовались тем, что у Уолтера Чейза не было ни копейки. Они уверили его, что это была честная сделка, а когда Чейз узнал, что они продают спирт из под прилавка, они запугали его, и заставили держать язык за зубами, а когда он оказался в беде просто бросили его.

IX. Answer the following questions

1. What made Gatsby change all the servants in his house? Why was he so anxious to keep his image without blemish?
2.  What were the things Tom Buchanan disliked about Jay Gatsby from the very beginning?
3. How did Daisy treat her daughter? Do you think she was a good mother?
4. Why was Daisy hesitant to tell Tom that she didn’t love him?
5. How did Tom Buchanan take the news that his wife was in love with Jay Gatsby? Compare his reaction to Mr. Wilson’s, when the latter made a parallel discovery.
6. Why couldn’t Jay Gatsby have it out with Tom in the Buchanans’ house?
7. What did Tom accuse Gatsby of? Were his accusations justified?
8. What sort of person was Mr. Wilson?
9. What were Mr. Wilson and Tom Buchanan’s reaction to Myrtle’s death?
10. What sources was Nick informed of the accident from?
11. What gossips about Jay Gatsby turned out to be true and which – turned out to be mere gossips?

X. Points for discussion.

1. Draw parallels between Chapter VII and Chapter I. Speak on the effect the parallel episodes produce.
2. Speak on the seasonal allusions in Chapter VII and Chapter I. What role does the description of heat in Chapter VII play?
3. How did Tom take the news that his wife and later on his mistress “were slipping precipitately from his control”? Speak about Tom’s views on love?
4. Speak about Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby’s relationship?
5. Speak about Tom’s and Gatsby’s behaviour when they were out in the open at last.
6. Who do you think Daisy would finally stay with? Explain your point of view.
7. What was the age of thirty for Nick?
8. How did Tom take Myrtle’s death?
9. Speak about Mr. Wilson’s behaviour before and after the accident?
10.  What new facts do we learn about Jay Gatsby?
11. Give a character sketch of Daisy Buchanan (collect information from previous chapters as well).
12. Give a character sketch of Tom Buchanan.

XI. Sum up the portion.

Portion V (pp. 106-129)

I. Learn the following words and word combinations and be ready to reproduce the situations they are used in the novel.

1. to come in contact with smb – сталкиваться, соприкасаться, встречаться с кем-либо (p.107)
2. to take smb under false pretences – завоевать кого-либо обманным путем (p.108)
3. to be liable to smth – могущий подвергнуться чему-либо (p.108)
4. at somebody’s whim –по чьей-либо прихоти (p.108)
5. to commit oneself to smth – обрекать себя на что-либо, посвятить себя чему-либо (p.108)
6. to keep a date – встречаться с кем-либо, ходить на свидания (p.109)
7. to be close at hand – быть под рукой, поблизости (p.109)
8. to take shape – приобретать очертания (p.110)
9. to distract smb – отвлечь чье-либо внимание (p.113)
10. to be a strain to smb – явиться причиной переутомления, перенапряжения для кого-либо (p.114)
11. with a positive manner – самоуверенный (p.117)
12. to set the key to smth – задавать тон чему-либо (p.117)
13. to bring to light – предать огласке, сделать известным (p.117)
14. to keep out (2) – 1) держать вне чего-либо, не впускать, не позволять входить, 2) держаться в стороне от чего-либо (p.123)
15. to be tied up in some business – заниматься серьезно каким-либо делом (p.119)
16. to get mixed up in smth – оказаться замешанным в чем-либо (p.119)
17. to defer smth = to postpone smth – откладывать что-либо (p.120)
18. to rise up to one’s position – приобрести влияние, достичь высокого служебного положения (p.121)
19. to force one’s way – пробиваться, вламываться (p.122)
20. to be hard up – испытывать финансовые затруднения (p.122)
21. to stick to smb to the bitter end – стоять за кого-либо, быть верным кому-либо до самого конца (p.123)
22. to be determined to do smth – иметь твердое намерение сделать что-либо (p.123)
23. to be broke (up) – быть без гроша в кармане (p.124)
24. to be bound to get ahead – обязательно преуспеть, добиться успеха (p.124)
25. to stand out – выделяться (p.107)

II. Match the definition with the word. Transcribe the words. Give their Russian equivalents. Make up sentences of your own.

III. Reproduce situations from the text using the following word combinations

1. (to come in contact with, to be amazed at, to be a casual thing to smb, to increase one’s value in smb’s eyes; 2. to make the most of smth, to despise oneself, to take smb under false pretenses, deliberately, to give smb a sense of security to be from much the same stratum as herself; 3. to have no comfortable family standing behind, to be liable, at smb’s whim; 4. to be breathless, to feel betrayed, to be in love with smb, doubtless, to throw smb over, to be way off one’s ambitions, to care; 5. to feel the pressure of the world outside, to be reassured, to move with the season, to keep half a dozen dates a day, to drowse asleep at dawn; 6. to cry for for a decision, to want one’s life shaped, to be close at hand, to be flattered, to be determined to do smth, to be a relief; 7. to give smb a compliment, to disapprove of smb, to nod, to break into a radiant smile, to conceal one’s incorrupted dream, to wave smb good-buy; 8. to rock oneself back and forth, to grow quieter, to announce, to have a way of finding smth, to distract smb, to talk to a priest; 9. a dog-leash, to see nothing odd, to say in a whisper, to be a strain to smb, to occur to smb, to attach significance to smth; 10. a forlorn hope, to fool smb, to emerge from smth, to assure smb; 11. to be traced, to inquire about smth, to have no difficulty in smth, to disappear from view, on the other hand, to have a surer way of finding smth; 12. not to take the car out under any circumstances, to start for the pool, to care no longer, to glide; 13. to hear the shots, to think much of smth, to alarm smb, to hurry down, a faint movement; 14. to keep out the curious, with a positive manner, to set the key for the newspaper reports, testimony, inquest, to bring to light smb’s suspicions, to be serve up in racy pasquinade; 15. to leave immediately, to postpone the funeral, to be helpless and dismayed, to leak with excitement, to be on the point of collapse; 16. to be covered over with medals, to be hard up, to buy regular clothes, to raise smb out of nothing, to be thick in everything; 17. to get mixed up in smth, to keep out, to stick with smb to the bitter end, to be determined to do smth; 18. to avoid overtaking smb, to hold out one’s hand, to object to shaking hands with smb; 19. to throw dust into smb’s eyes, to be tough on, to run over smb, to have one’s share of suffering, to forgive smb, to be entirely justified.

IY. Put in the correct prepositions

1. He was clutching ___ some last hope and I couldn’t bear to shake him free. 2. Jay Gatsby had broken ___ like glass ___ Tom’s hard malice; and the long secret extravaganza was played ___. 3. In various unrevealed capacities he had come ___ contact ___ such people… 4. He felt their presence all ___ the house, pervading the air ___ shades and echoes of still vibrant emotions. 5. He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her ___ false pretences. 6. As a matter ___ fact, he had no such facilities, – he had no comfortable family standing ___ him, and he was liable ___ the whim of  an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world. 7. The decision must be made ___ some force ___ love, ___ money, ___ unquestionable practicality – that was close ___ hand. 8. He came from France … and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville ___ the last ___ his army pay. 9. Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped ___ ___ the front of the garage, while George Wilson rocked himself ___ and ___ on the couch inside. 10. Michaelis had seen this too, but it hadn’t occurred ___ him that there was any special significance ___ it. 11. I cannot come ___ now as I am tied ___ ___ some very important business and cannot get mixed ___ ___ this thing now. 12. He rose ___ ___ his position ___ the East. 13. I raised him up ___ ___ nothing, right ___ ___ the gutter. 14. Do you object ___ shaking hands ___ me? 15. He threw dust ___ your eyes, just like he did ___ Daisy’s, but he was a tough one.

Y. Translate the passages from the text into Russian (in writing)

1. (p.108) She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby – nothing. He felt married to her, that was all.

2. (p.108) She had caught a cold, and it made her voice huskier and more charming than ever, and Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves, of the freshness of many clothes, and of Daisy, gleaming like silver, safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor.

3. (p.109) For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes.

4. (p.117) Someone with a positive manner, perhaps a detective, used the expression ‘madman’ as he bent over Wilson’s body that afternoon, and the adventitious authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports next morning.

5. (p.122) However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who sued to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby’s liquor, and I should have known better than to call him.

VI. Paraphrase.

1. (p.107) He was clutching at some last hope and I couldn’t bear to shake him free.

2. (p.107) It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth with Dan Cody – told it to me because “Jay Gatsby” had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice, and the long secret extravaganza was played out.

3. (p.108) As a mater of fact, he had no such facilities – he had no comfortable family standing behind him and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world.

4. (p.108) He had intended, probably, to take what he could and go – but now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail.

5. (p. 110) There was a wholesome bulkiness about his person and his position, and Daisy was flattered.

6. (p.110) He left feeling that if he had searched harder, he might have found her – that he was leaving her behind.

7. (p.114) The effort of answering broke the rhythm of his rocking - for a moment he was silent.

8. (p.120) He was on the point of collapse, so I took him into the music-room and made him sit down while I sent for something to eat.

YII. Interpret the following passages.

1. (p.108) He had intended, probably, to take what he could and go – but now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail. He knew that Daisy was extraordinary, but he didn’t realize just how extraordinary a “nice” girl could be. She vanished into her rich house, into her rich, full life, leaving Gatsby – nothing. He felt married to her, that was all.

2. (p.111) “They’re a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”

3. (p.117) It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.

4. (p.126) I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all – Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.

5. (p.127) “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you wer rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was you secret pride.”

6. (p.128) They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made….

VIII. Translate from Russian into English using the active expressions of the portion (in writing)

1. После войны Гэтсби был твердо намерен вернуться к Дейзи, на последние деньги он даже купил билет в Луисвиль, но по прихоти командования его отправили на полгода в Оксфорд. Никогда до этого он не сталкивался так близко с богатыми. Он выделялся среди обеспеченных сокурсников. У него не было денег даже на то, чтобы купить штатскую одежду и он ходил в форме. Гэтсби был без гроша в кармане, но он был твердо намерен разбогатеть во что бы то ни стало. Он свято верил в то, что он обязательно преуспеет.
2. Том обвинил Гэтсби в том, что он замешан в незаконной торговле спиртным и заявил, что он твердо намерен предать это огласке. Он назвал Гэтсби мелким мошенником, и заявил, что встречался с подобными людьми, которые пускают девушкам пыль в глаза и завоевывают их обманным путем.
3. Теперь, когда картина происшествия начала приобретать очертания Вольфшим боялся, что станет известно о его делах с Гэтсби, поэтому он предпочитал держаться в стороне. Он достиг высокого положения и не хотел оказаться замешанным в убийстве.
4. Ей казалось, что Джей уехал по собственной прихоти, а Том был всегда рядом, всегда под рукой. Он выделялся из толпы ее поклонников, был старше, держался уверенно.

IX. Answer the following questions

1. What was the history of Jay Gatsby and Daisy’s love? Was it a love at first sight?

2. Why did Daisy marry Tom Buchanan?

3. What were Wilson’s behaviour and feelings as described by Michaelis?

4. What sources does Nick reconstruct Gatsby’s and Wilson’s actions from?

5. In what respect does the text compare the two characters Gatsby and Myrtle?

6.Why did nobody come to Gatsby’s funerals? What did the author of the novel want to show by this fact?

7. What was Nick’s attitude to Jay Gatsby and his dream?

8. What were Henry C. Gatz’ feelings towards his son?

9. Why did Nick break with Jordan?

10. Why did Nick shake hands with Tom in the end?

11. Why do you think Nick Carraway finally decides to return back to the Middle West?

X. Points for discussion.

1. Speak about the history of Gatsby’s love. Why did he make a journey to Louisville after he had learned that Daisy got married?
2. What were Gatsby’s feelings upon losing Daisy? Comment on the following passage: “ No telephone message arrived… I have an idea that Gatsby himself didn’t believe it would come, and perhaps he no longer cared… like that ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees.”
3. Speak about Henry C. Gatz: his appearance, his manner of speech and behavior.
4. Speak about Jay Gatsby’s early years, his youthful aspirations.
5. Speak on Nick’s efforts to round up Gatsby’s fiends an acquaintances to witness the funeral.
6. What do you think is the role of a nameless man with owl-eyed glasses in the novel. Why does the author introduce this character? Comment on his “ The poor son-of-a-bitch!” What is the role of his appearance at the cemetery?
7. Speak of the opposition of the West and East in the novel.
8. What does the El Greco scene suggest?
9. Comment on the code of the novel “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”.

XI. Sum up the portion.

Portion VI

General Discussion

1. Speak about Scott Fitzgerald, his life and literary career.
2. How is the Jazz Age portrayed in the novel?
3. Comment on the epigraph of the novel.
4. Speak about the four major settings of the novel. What each of them signify?
5. Give a character sketch of Jay Gatsby. Speak about the legends and true facts about Jay Gatsby’s life.
6. Speak about the ‘American dream’ and “The Great Gatsby”.
7. Account for the title of the novel. What makes Jay Gatsby great?
8. Give an account of Daisy as a novel character. How do you react to this character as a reader?
9. Give a character sketch of Nick Carraway. His educational and social background, his moral position, his role as a novel character, his comprehension of different characters of the novel.
10. Speak about Nick Carraway as a narrator of the novel, his manner of presenting characters and giving account of events. The author claims that the novel is narrated through the eyes of an unbiased observer. Does Nick Carraway stick to this claim?
11. Give a character sketch of Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker.
12. Speak about the role of minor characters in the novel.
13. Speak on the colour symbolism of the novel: the colour green, the colour white, silver and gold.
14. Speak about the connection between nature phenomena and the plot of the novel.
15. Speak about the symbols of the novel: Gatsby’s uncut books/Nick’s unread books, Wolfsheim’s cufflinks, Valley of Ashes, East versus West Egg, Eyes of Dr.T.J. Eckleberg, Gatsby’s mansion.
16. Speak about the main theme of the novel.