Posted by bobby on March 30, 19100 at 07:57:07:

In Reply to: Re: criticism on The Great Gatsby posted by Zeinab on March 24, 19100 at 08:43:56:

: 1) Who do you think the characters in The Great Gatsby represent? Do they seem like real people? Which characters seem the most real to you?
: 2) What is the symbolism of the green light that appears throughout the novel (at the end of Daisy's pier, at intersections throughout the book)?

: 3) Fitzgerald returns several times to describe a decrepit optical products sign--the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleberg--that hovers over "the valley of ashes." What does that sign represent?

: 4) Fitzgerald describes the world as "a valley of ashes" but often contrasts Daisy and Jay Gatsby as being spotless. What does this say about his view of American culture and of both Jay and Daisy?

: 5) In what ways does Fitzgerald present a tension between Modernism and Victorianism in The Great Gatsby?

: 6) The Great Gatsby is often referred to as the quintessential novel of the "Jazz Age." Using examples from the book, explain what this term meant, and Fitzgerald's attitudes towards that characterization of the 1920s.

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