THE GREAT GATSBY Francis Scott Fitzgerald
ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK
F. S. Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)
1940
He died in California at the age of 44.
1934
TENDER IS THE NIGHT
1930-40
Zelda was hospitalised as schizophrenic
1920-30
TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
1925
THE GREAT GATSBY
1924
Fitzgerald and Zelda moved to Paris
1922
THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
1920
He married Zelda Sayre
1896
He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
Sottoargomento
THEMES
Past and future
Romantic love and obsession
Class, Money (old and new) and identity
The American Dream and its collapse
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NARRATOR
retrospective narration
1st person narrator
Nick Carraway
we learn everything through his point of view
HISTORICAL CONTEXT THE ROARING 20s
prohibitionism criminality
gangsters (Al Capone)
speakeasy
bootleggers
alcohol
female emancipation
flappers
entertainment fun, leisure
fashion
sport
cinema
radio
dance
jazz music
economic boom money
home appliances
car industry (Ford)
mass production
CHARACTERS
MEYER WOLFSHIEM
GEORGE WILSON
MYRTLE WILSON
TOM BUCHANAN
DAISY BUCHANAN
JAY GATSBY
(JAY GATZ)
JORDAN BAKER
NICK CARRAWAY
SETTING
The Roaring Twenties - The Jazz Age
Summer 1922
New York
Long Island
the Valley of Ashes
West Egg
East Egg
