Feb 24' mock - Critics Flashcards
“The faith…
“The faith that anyone can move from rags to riches” (Reich)
Ideology: Moment 1 - Gatsby’s strict regime
“No degree…
“No degree of class or mobility can make Gatsby into something her is not” (Schierer)
Ideology: Moment 2/3 - Gatsby realising Daisy doesn’t enjoy the party/Tom exposing Gatsby
“A social order…
“A social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives can barely secure enough for a wretched existence” (Debs)
Masculinity: Moment 1 - George finding out Myrtle is having an affair
Society: Moment 2 - Buchanan’s mansion
“Masculinity cannot…
“Masculinity cannot exist without femininity. On its own masuclinity has no meaning because it is one half of a set of power relations” (Jefferys)
Masculinity: Moment 2 - Tom realising that the Wilson’s are moving West
“American Women…
“American Women are characteristically frigid and materialistic” (Evola)
Women’s roles: Moment 1 - Myrtle’s apartment
“A women’s wings…
“A women’s wings are cut and then she is blamed for not knowing how to fly” (De Beauvoir)
Women’s roles: Moment 2 - Myrtle’s death
“Myrtle Wilson shares…
“Mrytle Wilson shares Gatsby’s sentimental yearnings and desperate hope” (Kerr)
Women’s roles + Morality: Moment 2 - Myrtle’s death
“America is the…
“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but it’s people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves” (Vonnegut)
Society+Morality: Moment 1 - Valley of ashes
“It was an…
“It was an age of excess” (Fitzgerald)
Morality: Moment 3 - Gatsby’s parties
