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Revolutionary Road and The Great Gatsby - Coggle Diagram

- - - - TGG TAKES PLACE IN A PERIOD JUST AFTER WW1 WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS BOOMING
      - THIS MEANS THAT SOME CHARACTERS LIKE JG ROSE IN WEALTH QUITE QUICKLY
    - - TB COMES FROM OLD MONEY
      - TB HAS MONEY THAT COMES FROM MUCH EARLIER IN HIS FAMILY IN THE 19TH CENTURY
      - TB AND HIS FAMILY HAVE BUILT UP A LOT OF POWERFUL SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
      - TB'S WEALTH AND SUPERIORITY TENDS TO BE HIDDEN, AS HE ACTS POLITELY AND CIVILLY
      - THIS IS ALSO SHOWN WHEN DB LETS JG TAKE THE BLAME FOR MW'S DEATH, HIDING BEHIND HIM
      - NC AND DB ALSO COME FROM OLD MONEY
    - - BUT IN THE 1920S HE MANAGED TO GAIN A LOT OF WEALTH IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME
      - HOWEVER BECAUSE JG IS NEW TO WEALTHY SOCIETY, HE LACKS ANY SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
      - JG WASN'T PARTICULARLY WEALTHY BEFORE WW1
      - INSTEAD JG FLAUNTS HIS WEALTH AND STATUS BY SHOWING HUGE DISPLAYS OF MONEY AT HIS REGULAR PARTIES
      - JG BEST REPRESENTS NEW MONEY
      - CLASS RIVALRY
        
        EVERY TIME THAT DB CHOOSES TB IS BECAUSE OF SECURITY INSTEAD OF LOVE
        
        THIS CONFLICT BETWEEN NEW AND OLD MONEY IS REPRESENTED BY THE FIGHT BETWEEN JG AND TB OVER DB
        
        THE DEATH OF MW SHOWS THAT THE NO MONEY CHARACTERS END UP SUFFERING BECAUSE OF THE WEALTHY'S CONFLICT
        
        NC IS FROM OLD MONEY, BUT HE RENTS A HOME IN EAST EGG, THE NEW MONEY SIDE
        
        THIS SHOWS THAT NC BRIDGES THE GAP BETWEEN OLD MONEY AND NEW MONEY AND CHOOSES NOT TO TAKE SIDES
    - - GW AND MW BOTH REPRESENT NO MONEY AS THEY ARE NOT WEALTHY
      - THEY ARE LOOKED DOWN UPON AND TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF BY THE MORE WEALTHY CHARACTERS
  - - - RR TAKES PLACE JUST AFTER WW2 WHEN THE ECONOMY WAS BOOMING.
      - SO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE POOR IN THE DEPRESSION GET TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS.
    - - CHARACTERS DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS PSYCHOLOGICALLY ABNORMAL
      - BUT THEY ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE SEEN AS DULL AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
      - SO A CHARACTER'S TASTE IS WHAT MAKES THEM STAND OUT AS EXCEPTIONAL IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
      - TASTE DEPENDS ON THE CHARACTER'S BACKGROUND
        
        POOR BACKGROUND
        
        FW AND MC WERE RAISED IN POOR FAMILIES.
        
        SO THEY BEHAVE LIKE MATERIAL VALUE IS UNIMPORTANT TO THEM
        
        FW ACTS REBELLIOUS AND PRETENDS TO BE UNINTERESTED IN EW'S STYLE OF WORK.
        
        BUT REALLY HE IS COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLEASANT LIFESTYLE OF SUBURBIA AND IS QUITE GOOD AT HIS SALESMAN JOB.
        
        MC WANTS TO EXPRESS A TASTE OF WEALTH BECAUSE IT'S WHAT SC WANTS
        
        SHE WANTS TO BE A HOMEMAKER AND RAISE KIDS.
        
        HER HOME HAS AN INTELLECTUAL LOOK
        
        ONLY IN HER BEDROOM CAN SHE EXPRESS HER TRUE FEELINGS TO BE EXPRESSED IN THE DESIGN.
        
        WEALTHY BACKGROUND
        
        HG AND SC WERE RAISED IN WEALTHY FAMILIES
        
        HG EXPRESSES HER REFINED TASTE WHICH SHE THINKS IS BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S
        
        HG FINDS PROOF OF THIS IN THE JOB OF IMPROVING THE DECORATION OF HOUSES AND SELLING THEM AT A HIGHER PRICE
        
        SC IS HAPPY BEING CONNECTED WITH FW AND AW BECAUSE THEY MAKE HIM FEEL CONNECTED TO WEALTH
      - AW'S TASTE
        
        AW'S TASTE MAKES HER STAND OUT AS TRULY INDEPENDENT AND UNIQUE
        
        SC WANTS AW TO ADMIRE HIS HOUSE
        
        FW SEES AW AS A FIRST RATE GIRL
        
        BUT FW DISLIKES THAT AW'S TASTE MAKES HER INDEPENDENT AND OUT OF HIS CONTROL
        
        IT IS HARDER FOR FW TO WIN AW OVER WITH HIS SPEECHES AND REBELLIOUS OPINIONS
        
        AW DOESN'T WANT TO PROVE THAT SHE CAME FROM A WEALTHY BACKGROUND BECAUSE KNOWING IT HERSELF IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR HER
        
        BUT AW DOESN'T FEEL THE NEED TO PROVE TO OTHERS THAT SHE IS BETTER THAN THEM
        
        AW SEES HERSELF AS BETTER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF HER INDEPENDENT THINKING STYLE