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FITZGERALD“THE GREATGATSBY”

By:Ayelén Bochatay Gala Ro!ell" F#anco $a%na&o!co


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FRA' I TT

FITZGERALD ()*+, )+- /

American novelistand short-story writer


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CO'TE0TRoaring 20s:

Economic prosperity: difusion oautomobiles, telephones, etc ,industrial growth, consumer demand!rea" o traditions

#a$$ Age: great demand o %a$$musicians&' th amendment: law o prohibition,bottlegging and gangsterism


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BIOGRA1HY !orn in (t )aul, *innesota (on oEdward +it$gerald and *ary *c uillan

n &.&/, he enrolled at )rinceton, wherehe started composing lyrics !e oregraduating, he volunteered or the army

e lived in 1ong sland with his wi e

elda 3here both o them entertainedwith e4pensive li5uors andentertainment


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BIOGRA1HY n the &./0s, his wi e was

hospitali$e or schi$ophrenia

And some years later, she diedin a 6re in a *aryland hospital

+it$gerald died rom a heartattac" induced by a longaddiction to alcohol in &.70


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GE'ERATIO'8uring the &.20s a group o writers"nown as "The Lost Generation" gained popularity

3his term is used to describe thepeople o the &.20s who re%ectedAmerican post 9orld 9ar values

3 he three best "nown writersamong 3he 1ost eneration are +(cott +it$gerald, Ernest emingwayand #ohn 8os )assos


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GE'ERATIO't de6nes a sense o moral loss oraimlessness apparent in literary6gures during the &.20s

3hese literary 6gures also critici$edAmerican culture in creative6ctional stories which had thethemes o sel -e4ile, indulgence;care- ree living< and spiritualalienation


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9R3 = (3>1Eis novels include elaborate

descriptions o characters andplaces, similes that createimagery, and allusionsRhythm is manipulated through

repetition, compound-comple4sentences, punctuation to achievediferent efects


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9R 3 = (3>1E1ost eneration 9riter a pronouncedrealism and comple4 symbolism 3helanguage was very dar" and simpli6ed

ntroduced the 6rst-person 6ctionalnarrator the use o =ic" as a narratorenables +it$gerald to maintain a balance

or the 6rst time in his career betweenthe two sides o his character 3heidealist and the realist 3he narration isthe tension between them


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HIS LITERARY CARREER

+it$gerald?s own tempestuousrelationship with his wi e eldawould be re@ected in his manyshort stories and novels*ost o his wor"s are a classic

study o the American 8ream inall its highs, lows, e4cesses and %oys

is wor" was mar"ed by a


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DREA$Anyone in the ( can succeed through hardwor", and have the potential to lead a happyand success ul li e regardless o social class

and circumstances o birth

3he idea is rooted in 3he nited (tates8eclaration o ndependence

3he American 8ream dates to the &B00swhen it was a dream o ame, success and

wealth 3he industriali$ation o the &. th and 20 t h centuries began to erode the 8ream t wasreplaced with the philosophy o Cget rich5uic"lyD


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HIS $A2OR 3OR4S'o5el!

This Side of Paradise ;&.20<The Beautiful and Damned ;&.22<The Great Gatsby ;&.2G<Tender Is the Night ;&./7<The Las t Tycoon, un6nished ;&.7&<

Sho#t Sto#6e!la!!ers and Philoso!hers ;&.20<

Tales o f the a## $ge ;&.22< $ll the Sad %oung &en ;&.2B


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FITZGERALDS


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GATSBY”

3he main events othe novel ta"e place inthe summer o &.22

3he story is narrated by=icholas H=ic"HIarraway,a >ale graduate

and 9orld 9ar veteranrom the *idwest who

ta"es a %ob in =ew >or"

as a bond salesman e


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GATSBY” 3hroughout thenovel, places and

settingsepitomi$e thevarious aspectso the &.20sAmerican societyand the #a$$ Age


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SETTI'G 3he story is set in theprosperous 1ong sland in &.22Jisiting 1ong sland?s northshore and attending parties atmansions is said to haveinspired the writer to createthe setting in The GreatGatsby

3hroughout the novel, placesand settin s e itomi$e the


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THE GREAT GATSBY AS A 'O7EL OF $A''ER

3he novel o manners gives a sharpportrayal o the actual li e as it really isand also o the social behaviour andattitudes that are closely related with it

t is possible to read it as a novel omanners or it presents li e andatmosphere o the Roaring 20s inAmerica, the #a$$ Age, mar"ed byprohibition, the organised crime, the newwoman as well as the wealthy upper-classand their carelessness in most af airs


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C(how me a hero and ?ll writeyou a tragedyD

− ) Scott it#gerald

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