Through the Lens

25 January 2012

Journal PromptAll my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people

think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

Flannery O’Connor

Your Turn

F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man of his own time: observer, participant, and ultimately, victim

Born in Minnesota, lived in Buffalo and Syracuse. Attended elite Catholic schools before going to Princeton. Neglected his studies to write and dropped out of school to join the army in 1917. Married Zelda Sayre of Alabama in 1920. One daughter, Frances Scott (called Scottie.)

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald1896-1940

Fame and Fortune i nThe

Jazz Age It was an age of miracles,"

Fitzgerald wrote, "it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it

was an age of satire."

Read through page 59 (roughly 1/3)

Create an image from one scene

Write an essay explaining how that scene is mirrored in modern society.

Prepare a 3 minute presentation combining your essay and your image.

Homework