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Questions Explored How do people achieve true happiness? What value do we place on money? Can we live to achieve a dream from our past?

The Great Gatsby

Roaring ’20s Economic boom Great prosperity– wages for working class increased 20% Technological advancements Washing machines, radios, cars Electrified households increased from 16% to two-thirds Lively culture Obsession with celebrity Babe Ruth, F. Scott Fitzgerald Industry Mass production blurred lines of class Advertising Mass consumption promoted by billboards Racism and Immigration KKK revitalization Breakdown of traditional mores Prohibition

The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald explores “modern” America Middle West represents a simpler time East represents modern 1920s The narrator, Nick Carraway, is thrust into a world of money and glamour, highlighting the sharp contrast of ideals during the 1920s.

Modernism Begins just before WW1 (1914) and ends just before WW2 (1945) World War I destroyed the illusion that acting virtuously brought about good. Based on the disruption and destruction of WWI WW1, new technologies, industrialization, and changing morals left people wondering: What was becoming of the world? Authors John Steinbeck, E.E. Cummings, Sylvia Plath, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway

Focus/ Philosophy Reflects an awareness of societal evils and of man's capacity for cruelty. Perceived decline of civilization Saw capitalism and industrialization as alienating the individual

Style/ Characteristics Disjointed and nonlinear narratives (stream of consciousness)– often leaves the reader wondering: Where is this novel going? First-person limited narrator-- often unreliable; prevalent use of personal pronouns Broken dialogue Themes of loss and exile Alienated and lonely characters Irony, satire, symbolism, and comparisons were often heavily employed to point out society's evils. Use of allusions