Stuart Country Day School Students Host Gatsby Party

Students in the American Literature class at Stuart Country Day School celebrated the culmination of their reading of The Great Gatsby with a 20s-themed party. Students assumed roles based on character types in the book who would most likely attend a soiree at Gatsby’s mansion. After creating their written character profile as an admission ticket, they attended the party and interacted with one another in character, paying special attention to their character’s mannerisms and the details of their life experiences as someone from the 1920s. Since there were no assigned lines, they improvised the entire time.

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