Mcrae Quotes Flashcards
what is the novel about
Satirical exploration of wealth ambition and aspiration
Original title
Trimalchio in west egg (excessive wealth and lavish parties)
What does it explore
Contradictions of a society
Novel full of contradictions
What does it briefly echo in chapter 2?
TS Elliot’s 1922 ‘The Wasteland’
What is Gatsby
Not a very noble hero
What does it explore (chapter 1)
Hollowness of the jazz age superficiality
What was society doing
Fragmenting
What is the novel about (ch2)
Perception of truth
What is the valley of the ashes
A civilisation that has fallen apart and society in the middle has already burnt out
what sense do we get about gatsby
Sense of uncertainty
Fitzgerald approach about American dream
Satirical undermining of that dream
Only achievable if white and well off to start with
What is the party
Epitome of American capitalism
What does the party foreshadow
Things are not well in paradise
What was society (chapter3)
Arrogant and full of self interest
Why was the great gatsby not popular at the time
It explored the flaws and the dark side of the superficial jazz age
