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Both Gatsby and Nick served in the First World War. The extravagance of Gatsby’s parties reflects the lavish and golden decade. But even with all this decadence, there was a clear status quo . ‘Old money’ ruled whilst ‘new money’ tried to climb the social ladder and ‘no money’ were excluded.
Written by the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century and arguably Fitzgerald’s seminal text. It is set in the summer of 1922 in New York. It has 9 chapters and is framed by Nick Carraway, an unreliable narrator.
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The Great Gatsby I lived at West Egg, the well, the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most super cial tag to express the bizarre and not a lit-
At the centre of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is the tragic hero, Gatsby, the son of “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people”, who utterly reinvents himself as the fabulously wealthy host of legendary parties in order to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.
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Jan 17, 2021 · The story is mainly narrated by Nick Carraway, who reflects on the life of his enigmatic neighbor, Jay Gatsby, and the extravagant world of wealth and excess he inhabits. The novel explores themes of the American Dream, love, and social class.
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OVERVIEW. Gatsby is the protagonist of the novel. He is a self-made, wealthy man who lives in West Egg. He is enigmatic, hosting flashy parties for guests who don't really know much about him. As the novel progresses, we learn that he was born James Gatz in North Dakota.
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KEY FACTS. Full Title: The Great Gatsby. Where Written: Paris and the US, in 1924. When Published: 1925. Literary Period: Modernism. Genre: Novel. Setting: Long Island, Queens, and Manhattan, New York in the summer of 1922. sby and Tom over Dai. Point of View: First person. EXTRA CREDIT.
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