1. What does this fable mean? Make a connection to The Great Gatsby.
Aesop's Fable:
A Fir-tree was boasting to a Bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, “You poor creature, you are of no use whatever. Now, look at me: I am useful for all sorts of things, particularly when men build houses; they can’t do without me then.” But the Bramble replied, “Ah, that’s all very well: but you wait till they come with axes and saws to cut you down, and then you’ll wish you were a Bramble and not a Fir.”
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
2. What is carelessness? What are the signs of carelessness?
3. Review Vocab from Chapters 1-3
4. Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
5. Gem discussion chapters 1-3
Homework:
None
Aesop's Fable:
A Fir-tree was boasting to a Bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, “You poor creature, you are of no use whatever. Now, look at me: I am useful for all sorts of things, particularly when men build houses; they can’t do without me then.” But the Bramble replied, “Ah, that’s all very well: but you wait till they come with axes and saws to cut you down, and then you’ll wish you were a Bramble and not a Fir.”
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
2. What is carelessness? What are the signs of carelessness?
3. Review Vocab from Chapters 1-3
4. Symbolism in The Great Gatsby
5. Gem discussion chapters 1-3
Homework:
None