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Color in the Novel
white: wealth, perfection, innocence- Daisy’s car, house, face
gold: riches, luxurious wealth- Gatsby’s suit
blue and yellow: nighttime parties, activity- Gatsby’s house lights
yellow: bright, stand out : Gatsby’s car, dresses of girls
warm colors: peace, calmness (at the end of the day) - Daisy and Tom’s house at the beggining of the novel
Seasons/Weather in the Novel
First, Summer: Nick visits the Buchanans and meets Gatsby
Second, the rain: Gatsby and Daisy’s tea party
Third, the heat: In Chpt. 7 the climax of the story
Fourth, night to day in Chpt 8: the passing of time
Fifth, Autumn: the approach of death
sixth, Rain again: sadness, closing of the story.
East Egg
Beauty and wealth with a rotten center (old rich)
West Egg
New Rich, considered vulgar/without class by the old
NYC appartment
corruption, self gain
Gatsby’s house guests
people come from all over, be it west or east egg
Ash heap
home for the poor, victimized by the rich, a desolate area of land
Gatsby’s uncut books
An illusion of the old rich, Gatsby doesn’t actually read
Wolfsheim’s cufflinks
the ruthless battle for moeny
Parties
brightness, confusion, magnificence, daring, vulgarity, excess, and excitement
an aura of magic
an amusement park
a stage set
Tom’s gesture
Daisy rides back with Gatsby, illustrates his victory
Daisy
youth, love, entrance into old rich society
Gatsby through the eyes of others
we are able to get to know him only gradually
owl eyes’ discovery
Gatsby isn’t like anyone else in the world
Nick
seems as hollow as the characters themselves
Jordan is not the woman he should be with, is he really honest?
The midwest
moral order, personal values, personal tradition
Author of GG
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald family
Father-came from a poor but socially established family
Mother-came from newly rich but less socially correct immigrant family
Fitzgerald schooling
St. Paul Academy and New Jersey Prep School, then Princeton in 1913
Fitzgerald occupations
1917: Army Lietenant. Fitzgerald dreamed of fighting in WW1. but was stationed in Alabama.
1920: Writer. Fitzgerald met Zelda in Alabama, proposed, but she refused unless he could support her. He then went to NY to sell his stories. His first book was This Side of Paradise.
Fitzgeralds reputation
1920: :):):)
1930: :(
1940: :) :)
1950: :) :) :)
1960s: :):)
_____ accelerated during the 1920s
urbanization
NY was home to ____ people
Chicago was home to ____ people
5 million
3 million
Urban life was considered ___
a world of anonomous crowds, moenyseekers, and pleasure seekers
Rural life
considered to be safe, with close personal ties, hard work, and morals
When did WW2 end?
1918
The Lost Generation *
The generation who fought during WW1 and survived (they were lost because they were disillusioned by the war)
Roles for women in the 20s
women entered the workplace
women earned less than men and faced discrimination
women were more independant and achiving greater freedoms
flapper
empancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes
Why was the 18th amendment passed?
Prohibition was needed to combat the fun and free lifestyle of the 20s
support for prohibition
Alcohol leads to crime, abuse- from the rural south and west -women
against the prohibition
drinking is not a sin- immigrant groups, most americans
speakeasies
Hidden underground saloons
bootleggers
smugglers
what did prohibition do to crime rates?
gambling and bootlegging and other organized crime went way up
Al Capone
famous chicago bootlegger- killed competition, convicted of tax evasion charges in 1931
Black Sox Scandal
8 members of the White Sox were convicted for accepting bribes to throw the baseball world series
Which amendment repealed the prohibition
21st
Spending in the 20s
An era of reckless spending-flashy new automobiles, advertisements
how much did americans spend on entertainment
$4.5 billion
Babe Ruth
Yankees- hit 60 homers
First sound movie
Jazz singer (1927)
First animated with sound
Steamboat willie
most popular communication device
radio
Louis Armstrong
most important and influential jazz musician
Duke Ellington
a jazz pianist renown as one of Americas greatest composers
Bessie smith
Most outstanding vocalist and highest paid black artist in the world
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