Preface Comparison

So far, we have read The Great Gatsby and Invisible Man. To gain a deeper understanding of the novels, we spent a lot of time researching the historical and social issues and events taking place at the time. I think when we read The Great Gatsby, it helped a lot when we split up into groups and researched a specific topic. Then, for the final project, one person from each group was put into a new group to share their information. I think this was helpful and I learned a lot. For Invisible Man, I liked how we watched the speech with Ralph Ellison about his writing. It helped me gain insight as to why he wrote the book. I think poems and primary sources are the most helpful when conducting research because they are directly from that time and written by the people who experienced that time period. I think poems help a lot because they are the authors true feelings about their life and the life around them.