15-16: Consuming the 'American Dream'

Question 2

When was the Great Gatsby written and when was it set?

Answer 2

Written - 1925

Set - 1920s

Question 3

What did Nick say in the final line of the book?

Answer 3

‘So we beat on, boats against the current’

Question 4

Who is barely mentioned in ‘The Great Gatsby’ (name at least 3, 4 possible)

Answer 4

• Race
• Class
• Gender
• Sexuality

Question 5

What is in the middle stretch between Eats and West Egg

Answer 5

Valley of Ashes

Question 6

What is Gatsby’s like? Why isn’t this representative of everyone’s experience of the ‘American Dream’

Answer 6

Dreamer, believer and he never gives up

Very upper-class, white male view

Question 7

Who said ‘Gatsby is America’ in a review

Answer 7

Bob Batchelor

Question 8

What did Bob Batchelor say? And what did he mean?

Answer 8

‘Gatsby is America’

Gatsby is the personification of the American Dream, but he’s as flawed as it is

Question 9

What did James Truslow Adams say?

Answer 9

‘The American Dream is not a dream of motor cars and high wages, but a dream of social order for everyone’