Gatsby v Winter Dreams Flashcards
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1st Point for American Dream
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- Their Dream is a woman - do women have dreams in the novels?
- “Can’t repeat the past?” / “her casual whim gave a new direction to his life”
- AO3 - Women symbolize Zelda
- AO5 - Represents Fitzgerald’s Psyche (Freud
2
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2nd Point for American Dream
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- Women are presented as objects, is the American dream a physical or emotional goal?
- “her voice is full of money” / “she was entertained only by the gratification of her desires”
- AO3 - Fitzgerald thinking the American dream is an illusion, roaring twenties couldn’t last
- AO5 - Feminist perspective / Richard W. Lid “Beautiful and rich, she is the incarnation of all his elaborate fantasies, his vision of the American Dream”
3
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3rd Point for American Dream
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- Their dream is ultimately unachievable
- “the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever” / “the dream was gone”
- AO3 - Fitzgerald died a failure
- AO5 - Marxism, Proletariats get to bourgeoise but will never be aristocracy
4
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1st Point for Journey
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- Poor to Rich
- “complete self suffiency” / “poor as sin” (caddies)
- AO3 - Roaring twenties made it easy for everyone to get money (even criminals)
- AO5 - Marxism, Proletariat to Bourgeoisie
5
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2nd Point for Journey
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- Physical journey from west to east
- “the middle west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe” / “he was playing with the idea of going east to new york”
- AO3 - Fitzgerald travelled himself
- AO5 - Toqueville “Americans change their track for fear of missing the shortest cut to happiness
6
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3rd Point for Journey
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- Character development
- “he had lost the old, warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream” / “he loved her, and he would love her until the day he was too old for loving”
- AO3 - Lost Generation
- AO5 - Daisy returns to Tom after developing, showing that women can’t develop under the patriachy
