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1
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Outline the American dream

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Anyone in America can be successful and achieve their hopes and dreams despite any barriers, largely characterised by something one can’t have

2
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How does the American dream link to Gatsby?

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Gatsby can always see Daisy but can’t have her and has worked extremely hard to gain money to win her but still doesn’t - dies waiting for her call

3
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Outline prohibition

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In 1920 the 18th amendment was passed making alcohol illegal

4
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How does Gatsby link to prohibition?

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Gatsby becomes rich from selling alcohol across his drugstores order to gain money to win daisy

5
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Outline consumerism

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Inventions such as cars and the rise in families earnings and spendings leading to many finding themselves in debt

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How does consumerism link to Gatsby?

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  • Car motif
  • large houses
  • materialistic people
7
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What were the name of the two women Daisy is meant to be based from?

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Zelda Fitzgerald

8
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Who was Zelda Fitzgerald?

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She was so unimpressed with Fitzgerald’s financial status that she called off their engagement to marry a wealthier man - she was known for being materialistic

9
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Outline the difference between East Egg and West Egg

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  • West Egg is the home of new money made through business

- East Egg is home to old inherited money and these people look down on West Eggers

10
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Outline the jazz age

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The novel is set 4 years after WW1 - known as the roaring 20’s - lead to more employment and income - eventually led to stock market crash of 1929 - resulted in depressing lasting till start of WW2

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Explain religion in the novel

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Characters seen to lack religious morals - Gatsby guided by his dream - Tom worships himself - Nick worships Gatsby - Wilson mistakes green eyes of advertisement as God’s eyes

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Outline gender in Gatsby

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Written at time of social change - traditional gender roles being challenged - 1920 USA gave women right to vote - Fitzgerald used women in the novel to explore conflict of male dominated society

13
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How did flappers challenge gender roles

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Cut hair short - dressed boyish - e.g. Jordan is independent but still well established