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GRAPES AND GATSBY BEST POINTS - Coggle Diagram
GRAPES AND GATSBY BEST POINTS
WOMEN
power through sex in TGG, motherhood in TGOW - 'beautiful little fool'; 'the world was pregnant to her'
Ma Joad changes out of necessity - Jordan out of societal trend - 'all we got is family unbroken' vs flapper
OUTSIDERS AND MIGRANTS
poor treated as inhuman - anthropomorphism in TGG, 'they ain't human in TGOW
'Grampa and the old place...' - Joads can't abandon their origins, Gatsby tries to but can't, Nick can't adapt - AO5
ENDINGS
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TGOW ends on intimate character moment, TGG on wide tale of America - community vs ambition of America
WEALTH/POVERTY
supposed 'equaliser' of technology used to exploit the poor - Tom Buchanan and George, car salesmen scamming Okies with broken 'jalopies'
FAMILY/COMMUNITY
ROS vs Daisy - embrace of motherhood role vs flapper lifestyle - 'Daisy chose to embrace certain illusions'
TGG unity = undignified, TGOW = dignified - VOA vs Joads
CLASS/POWER
Marxist - George described as 'weak' and 'beaten down' by Myrtle and Nick - implies he is responsible for his issues - Steinbeck puts blame on the 'bank monsters'
George Wilson revenge vs upper class = solitary and empty, Tom Joad = communal and socially aware
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SETTINGS
TGOW begins with physical setting, TGG with social context - AGRARIANISM AND COMMUNITY VS CLASS AND INDIVIDUALISM
TGOW personification for life force of Oklahoma, TGG anthropomorphism for lowliness of VOA - relative importance of nature
NYC = fantastical, Oklahoma = documentarian - novelist vs journalist
THE AMERICAN DREAM
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Idealistic for Joads and Gatsby - trying to find past agrarian paradise in California, Gatsby trying to 'recreate the past' with Daisy
Each character in TGOW is defined by their work - Connie as mechanic, Pa as a farmer, Casy as a preacher - TGG the result of the work (money) defines character
CAPITALISM, CRIME AND GREED
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In TGG, money's symbolic value is greater than its literal one as it allows social mobility and is indicative of character - in TGOW it is the ability to survive