A03 Context Gatsby

Question 1

Lost Generation

Answer 1

Group of disillusioned American writers and artists after the tragedy and effects of WW1

Question 2

Traditional Reader

Answer 2

Gatsby wasn’t successful nor popular. People hated the truth

Question 3

The New Woman Movement

Answer 3

Feminist movement
Women didn’t want to be forced into fulfilling traditional gender roles.
Jordan perhaps embodies this

Question 4

Conscious consumption

Answer 4

Materialistic ideas about wealth

Question 5

Prohibition

Answer 5

Ban of production, importation, transportation and sale of alcohol.
Gatsby as a bootlegger

Question 6

Jazz Age

Answer 6

Associated with West Egg and the party culture of Gatsby

Question 7

“Winter Dreams”

Answer 7

Dexter fell in love with Judy however left him and caused his heartbreak.
Gatsby fell in love with Daisy however he left her to go to war

Question 8

Modern Readers

Answer 8

Enjoy the novel as they feel nostalgic on the American past

Question 9

Modernism?

Answer 9

Attempted to represent an emptiness and disillusionment to America after WW1