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Great Gatsby Treasure Hunt - 0 views

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  • Erin G on 31 Jul 11
     
    A fun "scavenger hunt"-type site to learn more about The Great Gatsby!
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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.”
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      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.
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      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)
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Baron Hats - The Gatsby Collection - 0 views

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  • THE CLASSIC “OLD SPORT”*
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      Erin G on 31 Jul 11
       
      Haha! "Old sport" cap
  • Baron Hats recently created “Gatsby” style hats for the wonderfully talented “TGIF” actor/comic GEORGE LOPEZ. He wanted only the best, made of the finest cashmere
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      Erin G on 31 Jul 11
       
      LOL! George Lopez wears Baron's Gatsby hats! How funny!
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Toby Stephens - "The Great Gatsby" (2000) - Part 3 - 0 views

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    Here are some of the same scenes as the link below, but from the 2000 film version. How do the two film versions compare? Toby Stephens - Jay Gatsby Mira Sorvino - Daisy Buchanan Paul Rudd - Nick Carraway Martin Donovan - Tom Buchanan Francie Swift - Jordan Baker Heather Goldenhersh - Myrtle Wilson The Great Gatsby (2000) Filming Locations: Montréal, Québec, Canada Director: Robert Markowitz
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READ GATSBY-DISCUSS GATSBY - 0 views

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    Fitzgerald's classic
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The Great Gatsby - 0 views

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    A unique retelling of F. Scott Fitgerald's classic novel. This version of The Great Gatsby was originally used for a grade 12 english project.
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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
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      Erin G on 30 Jul 11
       
      This is very interesting! I would like to see this paintings of "Christy's girl"....
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Howard C. Christy - Ohio History Central - A product of the Ohio Historical Society - 0 views

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1920s great gatsby christy's girl artist

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      Erin G on 30 Jul 11
       
      Here is an image of a girl that was popular in the 1920s. Sometimes Daisy from The Great Gatsby can be compared to this image of a woman.
  • The way Christy drew her, she was popular with the males because of her charm,
  • "Christy girl," and Christy used her image in books, magazines, calendars, and even patriotic posters. Christy once stated that the "Christy girl" was "High-bred, aristocratic and dainty though not always silken-skirted; a woman with tremendous self-respect
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The Jazz Age - 0 views

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    The Great Gatsby takes place during the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald coined the phrase, "the Jazz Age" that same year to describe the flamboyant-"anything goes"-era that emerged in America after World War I. Find out more about the popular culture and historical events that shaped and defined the 1920s.
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The Washington Ballet: The Great Gatsby - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing... - 0 views

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  • splendor of the Jazz Age and the frivolity of the Roaring Twenties through Artistic Director Septime Webre's re-imagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald's passionate, thought-provoking, and complex work.
  • Erin G on 31 Jul 11
     
    Though this event already took place, I think it is cool to think about how Fitzgerald's work could be translated into a ballet! Neat!
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"The Great Gatsby- Party at Gatsby's" - 0 views

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    A video clip of the first party Nick attends at Gatsby's mansion
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Walter Biggs - 0 views

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  • Erin G on 30 Jul 11
     
    Walter Biggs was an artist in the early 20th century. His paintings of women reflect the time period in which he lived, and Fitzgerald may have based his character(s) of Daisy and/or Jordan Baker off of Biggs' work.
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