Inigo Montoya Posted November 24, 2016 Report Share Posted November 24, 2016 Hello everyone! I've got a practice IOP next week, and the real thing after the holidays. I have 2 ideas for topics, one for my practice and one for the real thing. My problem is, I can't pick! My book is The Great Gatsby, by the way. Here are my ideas: To what extent is Nick Carrawayan unreliable narrator, and how does Fitzgerald use this to present the ambiguity of the Jazz Age? Feminist interpretation of The Great Gatsby My teacher said the former is more interesting, the latter more simple. He said both would be good topic, but I just can't choose, and I don't want to regret it later! Both let me look at characterisation/context/symbolism/Fitzgerald's intentions/etc, but some more than others. For instance, the former lets me look a lot at Fitzgerald using Nick as his voice to potentially manipulate us into feeling personal bias towards/against characters. Any ideas? Help is much appreciated? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted November 25, 2016 Report Share Posted November 25, 2016 I think it depends on your personal presenting skills the most. If you are confident in yourself and good at organizing an IOP style presentation, go with the first one as it is likelier to get you more marks. However, if you are like me, that is, someone who confuses themselves easily and gets extremely worried during presentations, to the point of almost fainting... then you probably should stick with the second one, as it is harder to mess up and is a bit less content in general, so you'll have more time to waste by blabbering and stuttering. I don't know you, so I can't really pick one for you. But I think both of these topics could work, as long as they're suited to your style of presenting. Also, another important thing to consider, which you didn't say, is if you're standard or higher level? The examiners always expect more from HL students, so if you are HL, you might be better off sticking with the first topic for your real Oral, even if you are not too good at presenting... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo Montoya Posted November 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Thank you! I'd say I'm alright at presenting, and because I'm doing HL I'll probably go with the first topic for the real thing. Thanks for your help! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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