Instruction
compose a self-improvement plan for Nick Carraway. This
plan will take the form of a proposal
Your self-improvement plan will have three main components:
1. Introduction—Give an overview of Nick’s dilemmas and how your self-improvement plan will address
them.
2. Daily Schedule—Outline how Nick should spend each day in order to meet his goals.
3. General Advice—Give Nick advice about values as well as activities and choices he should pursue to
meet his goals.
Overall, you should take into consideration what you have learned about Nick’s preferences, values, and
personality from reading the novel
Your plan should also reflect your knowledge of the philosophies of living expressed by Benjamin
Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and James Gatz, the young man who would become Jay Gatsby.
The proposal should also follow the features of a good proposal