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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 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. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Impact on Society.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

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  1. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald • 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. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Impact on Society • 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

  4. The Jazz Age • Prohibition was in effect • Dances such as the Charleston were popular • Economy was in a “Boom”

  5. The 1920s • Prohibition + speakeasies • Women (right to vote, manner in which they dressed) • The Jazz Age: music, dance, merriment, drinking

  6. 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.

  7. Flapper Fashion • Flappers dressed in shapeless dresses that came to the knee. • Dresses were made to look “boy-like” • Gender bending was common. Women would try to make themselves look more man-like.

  8. Characters of The Great Gatsby • Jay Gatsby- The self-made wealthy man who lives next door to Nick Carraway and loves Daisy Buchanan

  9. Characters of The Great Gatsby • Nick Carraway- the narrator, Daisy’s cousin, Gatsby’s neighbor

  10. Characters in The Great Gatsby • Daisy Buchanan- married to Tom, Gatsby’s love interest before the war, socialite, golddigger

  11. Characters in The Great Gatsby • Tom Buchanan- Daisy’s husband, has an affair with Myrtle • Myrtle Wilson- Tom’s woman in the city, married to George • George Wilson- owns the gas station • Jordan Baker- Daisy’s friend, professional golfer

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

  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 • 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.

  15. The American Dream • 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?

  16. Old Money Vs. New Money • 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

  17. Why should you care? • The Great Gatsby: Why should you care? • The Great Gatsby is a delightful concoction of MTV Cribs, VH1’s The Fabulous Life Of…, and HBO’s Sopranos. Shake over ice, add a twist of jazz, a spritz of adultery, and the little pink umbrella that completes this long island iced tea and you’ve got yourself a 5 o’clock beverage that, given the 1920’s setting, you wouldn’t be allowed to drink. The one thing all these shows and Gatsby have in common is the notion of the American Dream. The Dream has seen its ups and downs. But from immigration (certainly not a modern concern, right?) to the Depression (stock market crashing? We wouldn’t know anything about that), the American Dream has always meant the same thing: it’s all about the Benjamins, baby.

  18. Stolen: Why should you care? • Yet Gatsby reminds us that the dollars aren’t always enough. As we learned from DiCaprio in Titanic, you can put on the tuxedo, but you still aren’t going to know which fork to use. At least back in the 1920’s – especially if you’re bootlegging to make the money for the tuxedo. Even when they have the cash, newly-made millionaires are still knocking at the door for the accepted elite to let them in. If the concept of the nouveau riche (the newly rich) has gone by the wayside, the barriers to the upper echelon (education, background) certainly haven’t. • So there you have it. There’s more to the Gatsby cocktail than sex, lies, and organized crime. Although those are there, too, which, as far as reading the book goes, is kind of a motivation in itself.

  19. Film Study • The Great Gatsby – 2000 beginning

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