The Lost Art of Letter Writing

"She wouldn't let go of the letter. She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it up into a wet ball and only let me leave it in the soap dish when she saw it was coming to pieces like snow "(81)

In this incredible age of technology, the art of letter writing has been largely lost, although you can still peruse volumes of love letters such as Napoleon's passionate lines to his lover, Josephine, or Abagail Adam's letters to her husband, John Adams, or even Zelda's letters to her dear husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
In the spirit of romance and reunited love, you will write a letter from the point of view of one of the characters. Use the first five chapters as your guide and include a minimum of five text-based details in your letter. Another words, don't write a letter that has Gatsby reveal his identity as an alien who has come to take over the planet. Think carefully about the character as you try to emulate him/her. What are their hopes, dreams, fears? What tone will their letter take?


Be creative! You can set the letter anywhere in the novel's time line.




Here are your options:


A. From Gatsby to Daisy


B. From Daisy to Gatsby


C. From Tom to Myrtle


D From Myrtle to Tom


E. From Nick to Gatsby



Step 2:

Choose anyone from our class. Read your fellow student's letter, and answer as if you are the recipient.