Gatsby Context Flashcards

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Fitzgerald

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  • Fell in love with Zelda, she rejected him because he was poor but after his publication of his successful book pursue him.
  • “Nice girls don’t marry poor boys”
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Roaring 20s

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  • In 1920s there was a public fascination with Gangsters and bootleggers’ lifestyles, ignoring the brutality, they became celebrities in the sense, sensationalised
  • 1920s America centred on money, sex, consumerism makes true love difficult as they’re sustained by individuals’ financial status.
    Social awakening amidst the 1920s of a rejection of traditional values: notably views surrounding marital commitment and fidelity.
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American Dream

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  • Gatsby’s fixation with Daisy reduces her from a human to a passive object of his gaze.
  • She represents his desire for the status and wealth he lacked in his youth.
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Tom

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  • The Buchanan’s relationship is the only one that survives with a final moment of unity- the interest in protecting their name and place in upper society unites them.
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Gatsby

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  • Gatsby’s unrequited and idealised love is thwarted by social norms and class expectations.
  • Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship is a metaphor for the incompatibility of inter-class love.
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