Learner's definition of VORTEX. [count] technical. : a mass of spinning air, liquid, etc., that pulls things into its center â sometimes used figuratively. He was caught in a swirling vortex of terror. [+] more examples [-] hide examples [+] Example sentences [-] Hide examples.
The Great Gatsby Socratic Seminar Questions. Socratic Seminar is a method of student discussion where you and other classmates will sit in a. circle discussing the novel The Great Gatsby. A question will be posed, and students will. respond by agreeing or disagreeing with thoughtful opinion and textual evidence. Follow the.
In this passage, Gatsby becomes the archetype of a hero. The shiftless and unsuccessful farm people who raised him seemed hardly his parents at all. Like Oedipus who was raised by foster parents, Gatsby creates an identity that is not defined by the parents who raised him. see the mentor in Cody, and the student in Gatsby. Although I am not sure what he learned during those years, I am confident that since Cody took him under his wing and cleaned him up this had great significance in creating a new life for James Gatz, I mean of course Jay Gatsby.