American Corruption And Greed Flashcards
1
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Gatsby moments
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Gatsby’s greed for Daisy
Myrtle social climbing
Wolfsheim
2
Q
Antonia moments
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Jim’s greed for dream of Antonia
Mrs Shimerda’s greed
Wick Cutter’s corruption
3
Q
Jim vs Gatsby dream
A
- both use the drive of greed for a woman to become successful
- corrupts their achievement of it
- gatsby’s dream of daisy so closely linked with money that in not achieving one he loses the other
4
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Myrtle vs Mrs Shimerda
A
- shimerda greedy because she needs to be
- myrtle attempts to social climb in a ‘corrupted’ way and suffers for it
- myrtle greedy because only way out due to lack of social mobility
5
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Wick Cutter vs Wolfsheim
A
- cutter is christian, contributes to churches, full of maxims but takes advantage of immigrants + sets hired girls up as prostitutes
- also kills his wife so she doesn’t get any of his money after he dies
- true greed not for anything useful or status just for the sake of having money
- wolfsheim bootlegging/fixing the world series
- hoarding women - thin veneer of social morality
