Chapter 3 - Context Flashcards
Who is there an explicit contrast between at Gatsby’s party? What is this symbolic of?
Moneyed individuals and servants
Social division in the US
What are Gatsby’s parties symbolic of? What do they demonstrate?
“New Money” in 20s America
A world of freer love
Who do New Money bow down to the culture of? What does this represent?
Englishmen
Class
Who do the Englishmen take advantage of? What was England a symbol of in the 1920s?
Admiring Americans
Class and wealth
Who was materialist-based culture the age of? What idea do they connect with?
Salesmen
Love can be bought
Who were parties in the 20s filled with? Why were they there?
Hangers on
Chance and association
What does Gatsby’s social wheel suggest? What does he revel in?
His mysterious status
Gossip
What elements are included in Gatsby’s party?
Pretentiousness
What does Owl Eyes highlight? What does Gatsby’s house seem like to him?
The superficial nature of the Roaring 20s
A theatre set
What was important to classes of the 1920s?
Appearance
What did books carry? What could Gatsby be accused of?
Status and learning
Buying love
What does Nick and Gatsby’s war background emphasise?
They are living in a post-war era
What is Gatsby’s smile and charm really like? What does this hide?
A mask
Hollow reality of the Roaring 20s
What embodies the reality of the Roaring 20s? How does Nick see it?
Owl Eyes’s car crash
“Loose morality”
