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   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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   Perhaps Fitzgerald saw himself in Gatsby. But this poses the question of why Gatsby was killed off. Perhaps this was Fitzgerald’s prophetic foresight that his marriage to Zelda, his ‘Daisy’, would suffer an irreparable break. In killing off Gatsby and keeping the wealthy Buchanans alive

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   Jan 17, 2021 · "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel written in the early 20th century. 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.

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   It is interesting that Nick, the narrator and Daisy’s cousin, is the one describing Daisy elaborately in a romanticised manner, outlining Daisy’s value, beauty and attraction. This is of importance as it allows an outsider, not her devoted lover, to explore and justify Gatsby’s obsession with her.

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   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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   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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   Who wrote the Great Gatsby?

   • 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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   What is the theme of the Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald?

   • "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel written in the early 20th century. 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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   Who is Jay Gatsby?

   • Jay Gatsby: Nick Carraway’s rich neighbour and Daisy Buchanan’s former love interest. He is known for his lavish lifestyle in a mansion on Long Island’s West Egg. He is a self-made ‘new money’ man (his birth name was James Gatz) through boot-legging at the time of the Prohibition Act of 1919. He represents the tragic hero/ lover of the Jazz Age.

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   What does Fitzgerald say about Gatsby & Daisy?

   • Fitzgerald’s poetic language, once again, amplifies the gut-wrenching heartbreak of Gatsby and Daisy. The reader knows that they would face a tragedy. Daisy “tumbled short of his dreams”: this crude and inelegant phrase reduces Daisy’s position on her pedestal. She could no longer be seen under the golden spotlight of Gatsby’s dreams.

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   Is the Great Gatsby a tragedy?

   • Although The Great Gatsby contains aspects of a number of different genres (romance, crime, a rags to riches story, a social critique, for example), for AQA specification B, students will need to read, study and write about the text as a tragedy.

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   Did Fitzgerald have a heart attack in the Great Gatsby?

   • It is believed that his alcoholism triggered this heart attack. A lot of Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is auto-biographical. Like Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway was born in Minnesota, attended an Ivy League university and moved to New York after the war. Gatsby’s character is heavily influenced by Fitzgerald’s life.

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