51 pages 1 hour read

Gordon Korman

Jake, Reinvented

Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2003

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Essay Topics

1.

Jake, Reinvented retells the story of The Great Gatsby but changes the setting from the Jazz Age to a modern American high school. How does the shift in historical period impact the novel’s depiction of The American Dream?

2.

Focus on two significant changes that Korman makes to Fitzgerald’s original story. How do those changes affect Jake, Reinvented’s characters and themes?

3.

What does the movie ticket stub in Chapter 7 symbolize?