F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby Lecture Notes

Flashcards about F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on __.

September 24, 1896.

In 1913, Fitzgerald enrolled at __ but soon dropped out.

Princeton University

During World War I, Fitzgerald met and fell in love with __.

Zelda Sayre.

Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald __.

He idolizes wealth and luxury and falls in love with a woman out of his social class.

Fitzgerald alludes to Zelda’s affair in his book, __.

Tender is the Night.

The Jazz Age dissolved into the __ and triggered the Great Depression.

Wall Street Crash of 1929.

Gertrude Stein referred to the post-First World War world as __.

The Lost Generation.

The __ enacted in 1920, gave women the right to vote.

19th Amendment.

__ demonstrates subversion of social and gender norms with her short hair and unmarried status.

Jordan Baker.

When America was discovered by the settlers, the American Dream was advertised as __.

The land of opportunity.

The term ‘American Dream’ was coined by James Truslow Adams in his book, __.

The Epic of America.

One major symbol in the novel is the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg, which represents the power of __ in 1920s America.

Advertising.

__, a term coined by Thorstein Veblen, is a critique of wealthy businessmen displaying their wealth.

Conspicuous Consumption.

Gangsters sold alcohol to secret bars called ‘speakeasies’ for a great profit in a process called __.

Bootlegging.

Gatsby is involved with __ which places him in the underworld of gangs and gambling.

Meyer Wolfsheim.

The __ restricted the number of southern and eastern Europeans moving to the USA.

Immigration Act of 1924.