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The Demise of the 1920s American Dream in The Great Gatsby - InfoRefuge.com - 0 views

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  • “Not only did he flourish in the fast-paced, modern urban milieu of skyscrapers, taxicabs, and pleasure-seeking crowds, but he proclaimed himself an expert on the latest crazes in fashion, contemporary lingo, and popular pastimes.”
    • Erin G
      Erin G on 30 Jul 11
       
      This is a very accurate description of Jay Gatsby.
  • “conspicuous consumption” which so accurately describes much of what was occurring in The Great Gatsby was trying to convey that the people who had not been raised with money and came into riches and wealth on their on attempted to demand respect and esteem by showing it off through purchases.
  • The wealth and power must be put into evidence.”
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  • growth of a leisure class
  • subverted the foundations of the Protestant ethic, replacing the values of hard work and thrifty abstinence with a show of luxury and idleness
  • Although he loves her, he undeniably also sees her as a material commodity, much the way he views his home.
    • Erin G
      Erin G on 30 Jul 11
       
      Do you think this is true? Does Gatsby see Daisy as a trophy or prize to attain and show off? I think this is certainly possible.
  • Automobiles also played an important role in the culture of the 1920s
  • “The cultural obsession with commodities allows an ordinary automobile to transcend its functional purpose to become and embodiment of dreams.” (O’Meara)
Erin G

The Great Gatsby's Relation to and Importance as a Work of Art - Student Pulse - 0 views

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  • artist, Howard Chandler Christy, specialized in presenting a type of a beautiful girl, the dream of any soldier, which seems to float before Gatsby (as Daisy, of course), as he must have imagined her while he was in the war (Reed 28). “Christy’s girl” seems to dream, revealing nothing of her persona but her extraordinary beauty-and thus her seemingly shallowness becomes crowned by a mysterious aura
    • Erin G
      Erin G on 30 Jul 11
       
      This is very interesting! I would like to see this paintings of "Christy's girl"....
Erin G

American Masters F. Scott Fitzgerald Winter Dreams Part 1 - 0 views

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1920s video

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  • Erin G on 01 Aug 11
     
    Another documentary on the life of this author
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