Gatsby Critics Flashcards
1
Q
What did Mechens say in his 1925 review of TGG?
A
“Glorified anecdote”
“ worth any social historians study”
2
Q
What did Judith Fetterley say about the American Dream?
A
“Fitzgerald portrays America as female, whereas the dreamers are male”
“Failure of America to live up to expectations”
3
Q
What did Schultz say about Daisy?
A
That she’s “psychologically vacant”
4
Q
What’s Bewley’s take on Daisy Buchanan?
A
“No substance”
“Monstrous moral indifference”
5
Q
What did Nicholas Treddell say about migration in Gatsby?
A
The characters were “subtly unadaptable for eastern life”
