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Question 1

Outline the American dream

Answer 1

Anyone in America can be successful and achieve their hopes and dreams despite any barriers, largely characterised by something one can’t have

Question 2

How does the American dream link to Gatsby?

Answer 2

Gatsby can always see Daisy but can’t have her and has worked extremely hard to gain money to win her but still doesn’t - dies waiting for her call

Question 3

Outline prohibition

Answer 3

In 1920 the 18th amendment was passed making alcohol illegal

Question 4

How does Gatsby link to prohibition?

Answer 4

Gatsby becomes rich from selling alcohol across his drugstores order to gain money to win daisy

Question 5

Outline consumerism

Answer 5

Inventions such as cars and the rise in families earnings and spendings leading to many finding themselves in debt

Question 6

How does consumerism link to Gatsby?

Answer 6

• Car motif
• large houses
• materialistic people

Question 7

What were the name of the two women Daisy is meant to be based from?

Answer 7

Zelda Fitzgerald

Question 8

Who was Zelda Fitzgerald?

Answer 8

She was so unimpressed with Fitzgerald’s financial status that she called off their engagement to marry a wealthier man - she was known for being materialistic

Question 9

Outline the difference between East Egg and West Egg

Answer 9

• West Egg is the home of new money made through business

- East Egg is home to old inherited money and these people look down on West Eggers

Question 10

Outline the jazz age

Answer 10

The novel is set 4 years after WW1 - known as the roaring 20’s - lead to more employment and income - eventually led to stock market crash of 1929 - resulted in depressing lasting till start of WW2

Question 11

Explain religion in the novel

Answer 11

Characters seen to lack religious morals - Gatsby guided by his dream - Tom worships himself - Nick worships Gatsby - Wilson mistakes green eyes of advertisement as God’s eyes

Question 12

Outline gender in Gatsby

Answer 12

Written at time of social change - traditional gender roles being challenged - 1920 USA gave women right to vote - Fitzgerald used women in the novel to explore conflict of male dominated society

Question 13

How did flappers challenge gender roles

Answer 13

Cut hair short - dressed boyish - e.g. Jordan is independent but still well established