Chapter 4 - Context Flashcards
What was the reality of guests at Gatsby’s parties? What is Fitzgerald highlighting?
They were there for his “hospitality”
Superficial nature of the Roaring 20s
What is significant about the status of Gatsby’s car? What did a car signify for a man?
It shows how important motoring was in the 1920s
Class
What 2 things does Gatsby have that he believes will accept him more into NY society?
Medal and Oxford degree
What was possible with money and worldly good? What might someone find as a result?
Re-invention
Love
What does Gatsby’s speeding offence and its outcome suggest? How else is the policeman influenced?
Corruption in society
The way Gatsby talks
What does the character of Wolfsheim signify? How does this relate to love?
Anything can be bought with money and connections
Can be fixed in the same way
What underworld does Gatsby inhabit? Why is this significant?
Criminal
There is a darker vibe to the novel
How do Tom and Gatsby collide? What are they competing for in the novel?
Old and New Money
Daisy
Who is a motivating force in Gatsby’s life? What is he trying to show he can equal?
Daisy
Old money
Why would people want to equal Old Money? How did Gatsby equal them?
To have another go at being successful
Criminality
Who do Jordan and Nick find themselves rekindling? What object were these two for Gatsby?
Gatsby and Daisy
Pawns
