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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Setting--Long Island. Located on the southern part of New York Suburb of New York City. The Long Island "Gold Coast" is where many of the nation's rich and famous built homes. Gold Coast Homes Prices. Setting: Long Island. Manhasset and Great Neck. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Setting--Long Island
•Located on the southern part of New York
•Suburb of New York City
The Long Island "Gold Coast" is where many of the nation's rich and famous built homes.Gold Coast Homes
Prices
Setting: Long Island
East Egg (based on Manhasset Neck, Long Island)—Represents “old money”
West Egg (based on Great neck, Long Island)—Represents “new money”
Manhasset and Great Neck
Themes The American Dream and its disintegration.
The American dream was originally about:DiscoveryIndividualismThe pursuit of happiness
The American Dream and its disintegration
…with unprecedented prosperity and material excess it became tarnished and left:
Social decayGreedEmpty pursuit of pleasure
Themes Money and the sociology of wealth
Old money vs. new money
How is George Bush Old money? How is Flava New Money?
Old money vs. new money
Old money—aristocratic, inherited wealth, tasteful, elegant, have social graces…but ultimately very shallow people!
Old money vs. new money
New money—vulgar, self-made (rags to riches), showy, tacky…
Symbolism
• Valley of Ashes—between Long Island and NYC, a desolate wasteland used for dumping and burning trash—stands for a moral wasteland
Symbolism
• Green light—at the end of the Buchanan’s dock—represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams
SymbolismThe eyes of T.J. Eckleburg—a pair of eyes on a
billboard ad for an eye doctor…they overlook the Valley and may represent God looking at and judging American society
El Fin
