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Flashcards in The Great Gatsby Deck (6)
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1
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Opulence

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Great wealth and luxuriousness

2
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Nilson

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TGG captured moneys power to currupt the rich escaping their consequences of their actions

3
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Nilson 2

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Gatsby has a narcissistic obsession with the past

4
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When did the stock market crash

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October 29,1929

5
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Gatz context

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1920s America was going through dynamic changes, Jazz era, Roaring twenties

6
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Fitzgerald link

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Like Gatsby, he was driven by his love for a woman who symbolized everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he despised.