The Great Gatsby Middletown High School了不起的盖茨比高中学校.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Great Gatsby Lecture Notes The Great American Novel “It is one of those novels that so richly evoke the texture of their time that they become, in the fullness of time, more than literary classics; they become a supplementary or even substitute form of history” (Bruccoli, 1995, p.6). Inspirations . . . Zelda Fitzgerald - Daisy Many of her words/diaries entries/his encounters with her found their way into his writings Inspirations . . . Ginerva King – Daisy To the end of his days the thought of Ginevra could bring tears to his eyes. Inspirations . . . Charles King (father): Poor boys shouldnt think of marrying rich girls - Tom White Supremacist William Mitchell Married Ginerva in real life This is to congratulate you -- I dont know Billy Mitchell, but from all Ive heard of him he must be one of the best ever. Doesnt it make you sigh with relief to be settled and think of all the men you escaped marrying?“ Large gold mine in the south: Buchanan Mines Inspirations . . . Edith Cumming Jordan Motor Car Company Baker Motor Vehicle Historical Context Automobile Family--Rootlessness Advertising--buy, get rich quick Prohibition--bootlegging, morality Corruption--fraud, bribery, World Series Jazz music--international impact Cinema Tension between old traditional values and new hedonism in America Fitzgerald’s New Path “Pushing his sense of experience away from the middle ground of verisimilitude toward extremes--toward two kinds of distortions.” The dreamer distorted--a man who hopelessly vulgar taste allows an eternal yearning for a meretricious beauty. The rich man distorted--a man whose ruthlessness preserves his worldly comfort, and how ideas keep intact his sense of superiority. Color Eyes or Vision Wasteland Sunlight / Shadows Death Time Gold Chapter 1 The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold . . . . Chapter 5 An hour later the front door opened nervously and Gatsby in a white