Poems

http://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html

"The Waste Land" by T.S. Eliot (split into 5 different parts)

- Both the "The Great Gatsby" and "The Waste Land" show that the women do not know how to spend there time wisely. In similarities as well both of them describe the same type of landscapes and surroundings.

Scholarly essays

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This essay describes how Gertrude Stein inspired the line "I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a--of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?" She turns to Miss Baker for confirmation: "An absolute rose?" (15). She herself wrote the quote , "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" (5). She inspired Fitzgerald and his writing.


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This essay is dicussing the aspects of the American dream and Gatsby's idealism. He hopes to obtain Daisy, but fails to see the person she has become. Gatsby wants to mix his past and present together, so he can keep what he has now, but also gain his one desire of Daisy.

Summary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FKlpdszPXo

http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDUdJFbhEp4&feature=related


The story is told through the voice of the narrator, Nick Carraway. First moving to West Egg on Long Island in the summer of 1922, Nick visits his cousin Daisy Buchanan. Introducing the characters Tom Buchanan and Jordan Baker, Nick discovers his neighbor is the famous Jay Gatsby. The story continues to unravel new twist and events, such as an affair, Gatsby's past, and the true nature of Daisy. Being stuck in the middle, Nick gives the readers insight into the lives of the upper class. Gatsby's love for Daisy and the unattanable American Dream ultimately leads to tradgic events in the end.

The Jazz Age

-Prohibition laws banning alcohol
-"Gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession"(New York Times)
-Era of swing dancing and music
- ex. The Charleston
-The American Dream
-White house, picket fence, kids, dog, steady job, lots of money, housewife
-Technological advancements
- cars, telephones, air travel
-Stock Market soared

Paintings

Cover of Life Magazine in February of 1926 by John Held "How to do the Charleston"

Music References

"The Shiek of Araby"
http://lala.com/zcZR
pg. 78

"The Love Nest"
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pg. 94

Movie References

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_aAt6kFius&feature=related

-1974
-Starring Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow as Daisy, and Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway
-Francis Coppola- screenplay writer
-Jack Clayton- director


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8363034415525094252&ei=nlipS_qxBZ6oqAKx44nUAw&q=interviews+on+the+great+gatsby&hl=en#

Charleston Ballet Theater presents "The Great Gatsby"

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

- Named after Francis Scott Key who wrote the "Star Spangled Banner"
- Born on September 24, 1896
-St. Paul Minnesota
-Parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mary "Mollie" McQuillan
-One sister named Annabel(1901)
-First work printed was The Mystery of Raymond Mortgage(1909)
- St. Paul's Academy Student Paper
- Attended Princeton University in 1913
- Theater
-Left Princeton and joined the army in 1917
-April 3, 1920 in New York City- Married Zelda Sayre
- One daughter- Frances Scott- 1922
-Other notable works include All the Sad Young Men(1926), Tales of the Jazz Age(1922), The Beautiful and the Damned(1922)
-Divorced
-Died December 21, 1940 in Hollywood California
- Second heart attack