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1 English 2034 America & Gatsby “Restless Optimism”

2 “Westward Ho!” “Manifest destiny” Expansion and Indian relations Community vs. individualism

3 The “Loner” in Cowboy Legend

4 20 th Century Expansionism The Melting Pot Identity?

5 Rural to Urban Life Video: San Francisco at 1905

6 The American Dream Rags to riches! Anyone can do it… or can they?

7 Clothing & Attire at 1900 Post-Victorian “respectability” in dress

8 We’re still the same people

9 Flappers Loosening of sexual rules and traditions Popular culture in films, radio, and music

10 The Jazz Age (1920s) Postwar optimism Cars, freedom, and illegal booze

11 F. Scott Fitzgerald

12 F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896- 1940 Writer of four novels and several short stories, including “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Had a middle-class Catholic upbringing in Minnesota Lived an extravagant life in Paris and befriended Hemingway Stormy marriage to “Zelda,” money problems, and alcoholism Unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriting later in life

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