Criticism And Approaches Flashcards
Tanner
“You can wipe away graffiti and stray shaving soap but not time”
Stavely
(Tom)
“Angry, bored and dissatisfied with a privileged existence that offers him nothing to work for”
Stavely
(Gatsby)
“He is as much a cause of the malady as a victim of it”
Stavely
losing sight
“Like America itself, Gatsby has lost sight of his original ideals and strives instead to reach… an impossible perfection.
Forward
“The implication is that God disapproves of the moral wasteland of American society”
O’Keefe
more about… than…
“The novel is as much, if not more, about Nick than Gatsby”
O’Keefe
not just the…
“Nick is not just the narrator- he is also the novelist”
Ward
“Less life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’, more ‘death, confinement and the certainty of failure”
Churchwell
from… to…
“From a dream of justice, liberty and equality to a justification for selfishness and greed.”
Churchwell
shrivelled
“a national ideal of larger spiritual aspiration had shrivelled into mere materialism.”
Churchwell
dream
“a dream, not a promise.”
Churchwell
liberating
“Historical amnesia is certainly liberating.”
