The Great Gatsby

Сентябрь 3, 2022

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2. Plan of the project: Author’s Life Themes of the book Character Analysis The main idea of
3. Author Background Francis Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896 Member of the Princeton Class of 1917
4. Author Background Cont. Known as an alcoholic , led to slow writing speed Critics called him
5. Famous Works Novels This Side of Paradise (1920) The Beautiful and the Damned (1922) The Great
6. Themes of The Great Gatsby Key points Of the Story Setting: 1920 in Long Island Gatsby
7. The Roaring Twenties While the sense of loss was readily apparent among expatriate American artists who
8. The Jazz Age The era is also known as the Jazz Age, when the music called
9. Prohibition Another rule often broken was the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, or Prohibition, which banned
10. Gambling Another gangland activity was illegal gambling. Perhaps the worst scandal involving gambling was the so-called
11. The Automobile The Jazz Age was also an era of reckless spending and consumption, and the
12. Character Analysis: Nick Carraway 29-30 Yale Grad Cousins with Daisy and Tom Narrator of the story
13. Character Analysis: Jay Gatsby Originally known as James Gatz From North Dakota Taken in by Dan
14. Character Analysis: Daisy Buchannan Femme fatal Yearns to be an independent woman, suitable for her intelligence
15. Character Analysis: Tom Buchanan Devoted husband of Daisy Buchannan Has an open affair with Myrtle Wilson
16. Character Analysis: Jordan Baker Golf pro Independent, stands up to men Career tanked after she was
17. Character Analysis: Myrtle Wilson Pleasantly plump mistress of Tom Buchannan Symbol for the blunt of domesticity’s
18. According to cliffnotes.com, in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald offers up commentary on a variety of themes
19. How Does "The Great Gatsby" Relate to Current Society? Materialism Possessions and status are a key
20. Social Networking Narrator Nick Carraway becomes acquainted with numerous people throughout the book, including Gatsby, Daisy
21. Conclusion In my opinion, Fitzgerald’s own life inspired him to write a novel “The Great Gatsby”.
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Plan of the project:
Author’s Life
Themes of the book
Character Analysis
The

main idea of a book
Parallels for our society
Conclusion

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Author Background
Francis Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896
Member of

the Princeton Class of 1917
Joined the Army-stationed in Montgomery Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre
Refused to marry him until he could publish This Side of Paradise
Published 3/26/1920, week later the couple married
Part of the literary party scene with Ernest Hemmingway playwright Gertrude Stein

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Author Background Cont.
Known as an alcoholic , led to slow

writing speed
Critics called him an “irresponsible writer.”
Main themes focused on aspirations and the American Dream and domesticity
Great Gatsby put him on the literary map
Died 12-21-1940-believing himself a failure
Zelda died 1948 in an asylum fire
Revival of his works in 1950-1960’s

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Famous Works
Novels
This Side of Paradise (1920)
The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)
The

Great Gatsby (1925)
Tender is the Night (1934)
The Last Tycoon (unfinished)

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Themes of The Great Gatsby
Key points Of the Story
Setting: 1920 in

Long Island
Gatsby is a millionaire
Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson
Tom tells George: Gatsby kills Myrtle

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The Roaring Twenties
While the sense of loss was readily apparent among

expatriate American artists who remained in Europe after the war, back home the disillusionment took a less obvious form.
America seemed to throw itself headlong into a decade of madcap behavior and materialism, a decade that has come to be called the Roaring Twenties.

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The Jazz Age
The era is also known as the Jazz Age,

when the music called jazz, promoted by such recent inventions as the phonograph and the radio, swept up from New Orleans to capture the national imagination.
Improvised and wild, jazz broke the rules of music, just as the Jazz Age thumbed its nose at the rules of the past.

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Prohibition
Another rule often broken was the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution,

or Prohibition, which banned the public sale of alcoholic beverages from 1919 until its appeal in 1933.
Speak-easies, nightclubs, and taverns that sold liquor were often raided, and gangsters made illegal fortunes as bootleggers, smuggling alcohol into America from abroad.

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Gambling
Another gangland activity was illegal gambling.
Perhaps the worst scandal

involving gambling was the so-called Black Sox Scandal of 1919, in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted for accepting bribes to throw baseball’s World Series.

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The Automobile
The Jazz Age was also an era of reckless spending

and consumption, and the most conspicuous status symbol of the time was a flashy new automobile.
Advertising was becoming the major industry that it is today, and soon advertisers took advantage of new roadways by setting up huge billboards at their sides.
Both the automobile and a bizarre billboard play important roles in The Great Gatsby.

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Character Analysis: Nick Carraway
29-30 Yale Grad
Cousins with Daisy and

Tom
Narrator of the story
Comes of age (loss of innocence)
Moral compass of the novel
Conflicted both about Daisy and Gatsby and Tom and Myrtle
Unable to decide whether or not Gatsby is to be trusted
Gatsby creates him as a father figure to replace his own.
Relationship with Jordan Baker harmed by her supremely feminist ways.

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Character Analysis: Jay Gatsby
Originally known as James Gatz
From North Dakota
Taken

in by Dan Cody, a wealthy tycoon from whom Gatsby inherited his wealth
Fell in love with Daisy Buchannan shortly before leaving to fight in WWI
Moved to West Egg in order to see her across the bay
Relentlessly lives in the past and ultimately gives up his life for Daisy hoping that she will love him again.
Don Draper esque

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Character Analysis: Daisy Buchannan
Femme fatal
Yearns to be an independent

woman, suitable for her intelligence but is stuck in her domestic life.
“I’m glad it’s a girl, and I hope she’ll be a fool– that’s the best that a a girl can be in this world– a beautiful fool.” (17).
Ironically, she decides to stay with Tom after the vehicular homicide of Myrtle Wilson.
Reader asks whether or not she truly loves Gatsby or if she is playing him to get what she ultimately wants (The death of Myrtle Wilson).

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Character Analysis: Tom Buchanan
Devoted husband of Daisy Buchannan
Has an

open affair with Myrtle Wilson
Breaks Myrtle’s nose when she mention’s Daisy’s name
Conniving, quick to anger
Quick to leave Nick and Gatsby when the going gets tough
Isolates himself from Daisy when he finds out about her affair
Symbolizes the double standard between male and female adultery.

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Character Analysis: Jordan Baker
Golf pro
Independent, stands up to men
Career tanked after

she was caught in a cheating scandal (possibly result of living in male dominated society).
Nick’s love interest throughout the novel
Finally breaks up with Nick after he is unable to rise above his morality to help Daisy and Tom in their predicament.
Partially the reason Nick “hates” Gatsby

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Character Analysis: Myrtle Wilson
Pleasantly plump mistress of Tom Buchannan
Symbol for

the blunt of domesticity’s rage
Beaten by both her husband and lover
Death at the hands of Daisy Buchanan symbolizes the inescapability of domesticity.

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According to cliffnotes.com, in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald offers up commentary

on a variety of themes -- justice, power, greed, betrayal, the American dream, and so on. Of all the themes, perhaps none is more well developed than that of social stratification.
Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into distinct social groups but, in the end, each group has its own problems to contend with, leaving a powerful reminder of what a precarious place the world really is. By creating distinct social classes -- old money, new money, and no money -- Fitzgerald sends strong messages about the elitism running throughout every strata of society.
America in the 1920s marked a time of great post-war economic growth, and Fitzgerald captures the frenzy of the society well. Although, of course, Fitzgerald could have no way of foreseeing the stock market crash of 1929, the world he presents in The Great Gatsby seems clearly to be headed for disaster. They have assumed skewed worldviews, mistakenly believing their survival lies in stratification and reinforcing social boundaries. They place their faith in superficial external means (such as money and materialism), while neglecting to cultivate the compassion and sensitivity that, in fact, separate humans from the animals.

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How Does "The Great Gatsby" Relate to Current Society?
Materialism
Possessions and status

are a key ingredient to many of the characters' lifestyles. In order to attract Daisy's interest, Gatsby defines himself by his enormous house, decadent parties and distinctive cars and clothing. Daisy, too, values materialism, as the convenience of her marriage to wealthy polo player Tom Buchanan keeps her from fully embracing Gatsby's vision for their future. High school English teacher David Dowling writes that America's continued obsession with materialism is one reason for the novel's permanence, depicting the conflict between moral values and the desire for wealth that still entangles people today.

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Social Networking
Narrator Nick Carraway becomes acquainted with numerous people throughout the

book, including Gatsby, Daisy and Tom's friends. Although Nick is exposed to their darkest secrets, he never develops more than a superficial connection with anyone except Gatsby, and Nick is ultimately disgusted by the others' selfishness. Today, social media creates similar superficial connections, redefining the word "friend" as a process of adding someone to a network rather than an intimate relationship. Just as Nick observes the personal lives of Tom and Daisy's companions, a social media user might observe an acquaintance's status updates and activity but never know him on a deeper level.

Celebrity
Celebrity is another relevant theme the novel shares with the present day, as Gatsby's mysterious allure and wealth make him a well-known public figure. However, although hundreds of people flock to Gatsby's parties, they quickly turn on him after his alleged murder of Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson, and none of them attend his funeral. AP English teacher Rance King states the fickleness of the media and public toward today's celebrities forms a striking parallel with the book. The Internet, reality shows and talent competitions make it easy to be a celebrity today but even easier to be forgotten.

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Conclusion
In my opinion, Fitzgerald’s own life inspired him to write a

novel “The Great Gatsby”. All events that happened in his life, flights and falls, are closely connected with him. And may be because the book is based on real events, even if there are some changes, it became popular all over the world, his life, history made him popular. And his book has become mandatory for reading at schools and universities. Thanks to him, we clearly see that the life in 1920’s was very interesting, beginning of a developing country.

The Great Gatsby

Содержание

Plan of the project:Author’s LifeThemes of the book Character Analysis The

Author Background Francis Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896Member of

Author Background Cont. Known as an alcoholic , led to slow

Famous WorksNovelsThis Side of Paradise (1920)The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)The

Themes of The Great GatsbyKey points Of the StorySetting: 1920 in

The Roaring TwentiesWhile the sense of loss was readily apparent among

The Jazz AgeThe era is also known as the Jazz Age,

ProhibitionAnother rule often broken was the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution,

Gambling Another gangland activity was illegal gambling. Perhaps the worst scandal

The AutomobileThe Jazz Age was also an era of reckless spending

Character Analysis: Nick Carraway 29-30 Yale Grad Cousins with Daisy and

Character Analysis: Jay GatsbyOriginally known as James Gatz From North DakotaTaken

Character Analysis: Daisy Buchannan Femme fatal Yearns to be an independent

Character Analysis: Tom Buchanan Devoted husband of Daisy Buchannan Has an

Character Analysis: Jordan BakerGolf proIndependent, stands up to menCareer tanked after

Character Analysis: Myrtle WilsonPleasantly plump mistress of Tom Buchannan Symbol for