An introduction/Link -- 2017 THE GREAT GATSBY An introduction/Link -- 2017

VIDEO INTRO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN183rJltNM

A golden age? Jazz? Flappers? Sex? Alcohol? Gangsters? THE GREAT GATSBY What do you think of when you hear “Roaring Twenties”? A golden age? Jazz? Flappers? Sex? Alcohol? Gangsters?

THE GREAT GATSBY This decade saw the rise (and demise) of many things, such as...

THE GREAT GATSBY ... huge parties with big bands, lots of alcohol and lots of free love.

THE GREAT GATSBY ... the influx of black artists, like singer, dancer and actress Josephine Baker.

THE GREAT GATSBY The rise of flappers* *Flappers were a "new breed" of young Western women in the 1920s who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior

THE GREAT GATSBY The rise of movie stars

THE GREAT GATSBY The rise of the modern broadway musical

THE GREAT GATSBY SOCIAL INEQUALITY the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a group or society.

THE GREAT GATSBY SOCIAL INEQUALITY IT SAW good times for the wealthy

THE GREAT GATSBY SOCIAL INEQUALITY BUT tough times for the poor

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THE GREAT GATSBY OLD MONEY VS. NEW MONEY

THE GREAT GATSBY “Old Money” referred to wealthy families whose wealth has been handed down from generation to generation. The Vanderbilt family

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PROHIBITION AND GANGSTERS THE GREAT GATSBY PROHIBITION AND GANGSTERS

THE GREAT GATSBY The 18th Amendment, or the prohibition of alcohol, was instituted in 1920

THE GREAT GATSBY prohibition led to …

Bootlegging, or the illegal movement and selling of alcohol THE GREAT GATSBY Bootlegging, or the illegal movement and selling of alcohol

THE GREAT GATSBY ... speakeasies, or illegally operated bars, which were usually owned by gangsters.

...crime lords, and bootlegging kingpins, like Al Capone THE GREAT GATSBY ...crime lords, and bootlegging kingpins, like Al Capone

THE GREAT GATSBY ...rise in mob violence, which culminated in the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The massacre was the culmination of a gang war between al capone’s gang and the gang of bugs moran

THE GREAT GATSBY Scandals

THE GREAT GATSBY Scandals In 1919, eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the World Series.

THE GREAT GATSBY Scandals The Jewish mobster Arnold Rothstein, who funded the scandal (this is an actor from Boardwalk Empire) is fictionalized in The Great Gatsby as Meyer Wolfsheim

THE GREAT GATSBY Scandals Citizens lost trust in the police because of cops purchased by organized crime and lost trust in government because of several scandals.

THE GREAT GATSBY THE TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL The Teapot Dome Scandal occurred in which President Warren G. Harding’s administration allowed oil companies to drill on federal land without putting up a bid

THE GREAT GATSBY THEMES Themes The history of the era contributes to many of the GREAT GATSBY’s themes.

THE GREAT GATSBY THEMES As American society becomes more materialistic and loses faith in ideals, the green land turns into a valley of ashes.

THE GREAT GATSBY THEMES The very wealthy are insensitive to others and exhibit a moral laxness because of their riches.

THE GREAT GATSBY THEMES Because he does have a dream, energy, and enthusiasm, Gatsby is superior to the idle rich he wishes to emulate.

THE GREAT GATSBY ABOUT THE AUTHOR F. Scott Fitzgerald https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvIXvD3AXz0

THE GREAT GATSBY ABOUT THE AUTHOR Many of the events that happen in The Great Gatsby closely resemble those that occurred in Fitzgerald’s life.

THE GREAT GATSBY QUICK FACTS ABOUT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD He was born and raised in st. Paul Minnesota He went to Princeton and then went off to join the army. Nick caraway does the same in The Great Gatsby He is part of the lost generation of writers who moved to Europe following the war While at Princeton, he fell in love with the young socialite, Ginevra King. When Fitzgerald is overseas, she informs him that she’s marrying someone of her social class. Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby’s love, is modeled on this character.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD THE GREAT GATSBY QUICK FACTS ABOUT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Although not in the novel, several movie adaptations of Gatsby have included the line, “Rich girls don’t marry poor boys.” It is believed King said this to Fitzgerald.

THE GREAT GATSBY QUICK FACTS ABOUT F. SCOTT FITZGERALD Fitzgerald’s wife , Zelda, suffered from alcoholism and schizophrenia.