The Learning Network: Teaching ‘The Great Gatsby’ With The New York Times

<P>In 2002, writing just seven months after the Sept. 11 attacks, Adam Cohen noted on the opinion page that the story of Jay Gatsby – the “cynical idealist, who embodies America in all its messy glory” – was more relevant than ever:</P>
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<P>In today’s increasingly disturbing world, home to Al Qaeda cells and suicide bombers, offshore sham partnerships and document-shredding auditors, the grim backdrop against which

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