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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. About the Author. Born-September 24, 1896 Died-December 21, 1940 Married Zelda Sayre Famous works include The Great Gatsby The Beautiful and the Damned Tender is the Night. Fitzgerald named the 1920’s “The Jazz Age”

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

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  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

  2. About the Author • Born-September 24, 1896 • Died-December 21, 1940 • Married Zelda Sayre • Famous works include The Great Gatsby The Beautiful and the Damned Tender is the Night

  3. Fitzgerald named the 1920’s “The Jazz Age” Wrote screenplays for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Created the The Great Gatsby which is said to be the most accurate description of the 1920’s F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Impact on Society

  4. The Jazz Age • Prohibition was in effect • Dances such as the Charleston were popular • Popular sayings included 23 Skidoo, Bee’s Knees • Economy was in a “Boom”

  5. The Flappers • Flappers were women who rebelled against the fashion and social norms of the early 1900’s. • They married at a later age and drank and smoked in public • Flappers were known for their carefree lifestyles.

  6. CHARACTERS: Nick Carraway • Nick Carraway- the narrator, Daisy’s cousin, Gatsby’s neighbor

  7. CHARACTERS: Daisy Buchanan • Daisy Buchanan- married to Tom, Gatsby’s love interest before the war, socialite • P. 8-9 • P. 11

  8. CHARACTERS: Tom Buchanan Tom Buchanan- Daisy’s husband, has an affair with Myrtle P. 6 P. 7 P. 12-13

  9. CHARACTERS: Jordan Baker • Jordan Baker- Daisy’s friend, professional golfer • P. 8

  10. CHARACTERS: Myrtle Wilson • Myrtle Wilson- Tom’s woman in the city, married to George • P. 25 • George Wilson (husband) - owns the gas station

  11. CHARACTERS: Jay Gatsby • Jay Gatsby- The self-made wealthy man who lives next door to Nick Carraway and loves Daisy Buchanan • P. 20 • P. 2 • P. 47-49

  12. West Egg- where Nick and Gatsby live, represents new money East Egg- where Daisy lives, the more fashionable area, represents old money Settings in The Great Gatsby

  13. Settings in The Great Gatsby • The City- New York City, where the characters escape to for work and play • The Valley of Ashes- between the City and West Egg, where Wilson’s gas station is

  14. Symbols in The Great Gatsby • Colors: • Green and Yellow • Symbolize wealth and money. • BUT Fitzgerald connects them with death and decay as well.

  15. Symbols in The Great Gatsby • Green Light- at the end of Daisy’s dock and visible from Gatsby’s mansion. Represents Gatsby's hopes and dreams about Daisy.

  16. Symbols in The Great Gatsby • The Valley of Ashes- the area between West Egg and New York City. It is a desolate area filled with industrial waste. It represents the social and moral decay of society during the 1920’s. It also shows the negative effects of greed.

  17. Symbols in The Great Gatsby • The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Ekleburg- A decaying billboard in the Valley of Ashes with eyes advertising an optometrist. There are multiple proposed meanings, including the representation of God’s moral judgment on society.

  18. Themes in The Great Gatsby Wealth Society and Class The American Dream Love Memory and the Past

  19. Themes in The Great Gatsby • Choose one of the characters (Gatsby, Nick, Tom, or Daisy) and write 2-4 sentence responses to how you think each of these 5 themes relates to that character. • Wealth • Society and Class • The American Dream • Love • Memory and the Past

  20. Important Quotes • “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. ‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.’”

  21. Important Quotes • "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made." • – Nick’s description of Tom and Daisy

  22. Important Quotes • “Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.” • “They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” 

  23. Important Quotes • “I hope she’ll be a fool- that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” • Daisy’s description of her daughter • “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” • –the last line of the novel

  24. Gatsby is the ideal image of one who has achieved the American Dream. What is the American Dream and who has achieved it in our time? The American Dream

  25. New Money: Someone who has achieved the American Dream Not as respected in the 1920’s Old Money Money from family wealth Born rich Not earned through work done by yourself Respected above all in the 1920’s Old Money Vs. New Money

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