Chapter 1 - Context Flashcards
What does the context of “old money” indicate?
The money was earned in past America/Europe
What is significant about the period the book is set? What could happen with the classes?
Society was changing
Old and new money could collide
What does WW1 possibly suggest about the Jazz Age? What could it open up?
It could be a response to post WW1 gloom
It could open up forgotten love
What are East and West Egg set up as?
A context of a divided society
What does materialist wealth suggest?
Social change in America
What do people in the West Egg represent? What is the theory behind it? What also seems part of it?
The American Dream
Where anyone can make it from graft, or intelligence
Love
What is Tom an example of? What about him represents this?
Old money
His riding clothes and stance show him to be confident
Why is Jordan playing golf significant?
It’s symbolic of old money
What does Jordan’s disdain of West Egg show? What about her seems problematic?
She doesn’t like social transition/change
Love
What division was present in 1920s USA?
Racial division
What was significant about 1920s society? What 2 things did old money feel about?
Huge social change
Insecure about their place in society/love
What 2 things do Tom’s NY mistress show? What about this relates to the culture of East Egg and New York?
Money can buy anything in NY and people were “for sale”
There is a collision of culture between the 2 places
What does Gatsby’s mansion demonstrate? How does the reader feel about Gatsby and love?
He has achieved the American Dream
Unsure
What 2 things do the green light symbolise?
Hope/change
Love
