Critical Interpretations - Other

Question 1

‘The queer charm, colour, wonder and drama of a young and reckless world

Answer 1

William Rose Bennet

Question 2

‘A satire on American society in the 1920s… also a symbolic novel, a love story and a comment on the American dream’

Answer 2

Ken Bush

Question 3

‘Lays bare the empty, tragic heart of a self-made man’

Answer 3

Lev Grossman

Question 4

‘Women characters are decorative characters of seemingly fragile beauty’

Answer 4

Kathleen Parkinson

Question 5

‘People in Gatsby’s society are obsessed with material wealth and treat each other as objects’

Answer 5

Ross Posnock

Question 6

‘Valley of ashes… The dust of a corrupted and perverted American dream

Answer 6

Pearson

Question 7

A pathetic figure desperate to escape her conflicted circumstances

Answer 7

Tom Cavender

Question 8

William Rose Bennet

Answer 8

‘The queer charm, colour, wonder and drama of a young and reckless world

Question 9

Ken Bush

Answer 9

‘A satire on American society in the 1920s… also a symbolic novel, a love story and a comment on the American dream’

Question 10

Lev Grossman

Answer 10

‘Lays bare the empty, tragic heart of a self-made man’

Question 11

Kathleen Parkinson

Answer 11

‘Women characters are decorative characters of seemingly fragile beauty’

Question 12

Ross Posnock

Answer 12

‘People in Gatsby’s society are obsessed with material wealth and treat each other as objects’

Question 13

Pearson

Answer 13

‘Valley of ashes… The dust of a corrupted and perverted American dream

Question 14

Tom Cavender

Answer 14

A pathetic figure desperate to escape her conflicted circumstances