A05 critics

Question 1

Judith Fetterley

Answer 1

• feminist take

‘ dreamers are male ‘

Question 2

Mojtaba Galipour - Gatsby

Answer 2

from a psychological perspective, Gatsby invented the past. Form of denial a psychological defence to help repress the memory of his real past.

Question 3

Matthew J. Bruccoli

Answer 3

the novel so richly evokes the texture of their time that they become a substitute form of history

Question 4

Marius Bewley - American dream

Answer 4

the great Gatsby is an exploration of the American dream as it exists in a corrupt period. it tries to determine reality from illusions

Question 5

Angela Soyza - Daisy

Answer 5

Daisy Buchanan, a frivolous, seemingly naive personality who claims to be terribly sophisticated

Question 6

Marius Bewley - Daisy

Answer 6

Daisy … has no substance. she is a gesture that is committed to nothing more real than her own image on the silver screen

Question 7

marxist theory

Answer 7

women aspirations depends on their class 
stand around and look pretty

Question 8

Trunslow

Answer 8

American dream achieved through determination

Question 9

Mondello

Answer 9

American dream established through wealth

Question 10

Tony Tanner - green light

Answer 10

the green light offers Gatsby a suitable inaccessible focus for his yearning

Question 11

Jeffrey Steinbrink

Answer 11

moments of happiness or triumph from the past can neither be recaptured nor repeated

Question 12

Sarah Churchwell

Answer 12

although he can make money Gatsby can’t make destiny