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Connecting to Great Gatsby's Appearance vs. Reality in Self Portraiture
<p>This lesson, integrated halfway through F. Scott Fitzgerald's <em>The Great Gatsby</em>, will address both character analysis and the ever present theme of appearance vs. reality in the text. By using Thomas Hart Benton's "Self Portrait with Rita" as a starting point students will study the specifics of a self portrait from the 1920s which highlights American dream centered ideals. As a second step, students will make connections between the painting and the characters from our text. As a final extension activity, students will further explore the inspiration, the biography, or another work by Benton.<br /></p>
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Molly Boehler
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