From The Great Gatsby: For the characters of Nick, Gatsby, Daisy , and Tom answer the following questions:

1. What do I see as I look around my world?

2. What do I know, understand, hold true, or believe?

3. What do I care deeply about?

4. What might I wonder about or question?

 

Student Samples:

 

Nick:

1. Wild Parties, Fast Cars, Drinking

2. Gatsby was a good man.

3. Gatsby, the truth

4. How could Daisy just leave him behind like that?

 

Gatsby:

1. Crowds. Money. The Green Light. Emptiness from the lost Daisy

2. Daisy will come back to me- if I just work, wait, watch.

3. Daisy

4. How much longer must I wait? What more can I do for her?

 

Tom:

1. My money. My mistress. Myself.

2. I am the best. The world revolves around me, or at least, it should.

3. Myself

4. Who is the real Gatsby?

 

Daisey:

1. Gatsby. Tom.

2. I am lost in a whirlwind.

3. Myself.

4. Where do I turn? Where do I go?