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Gatsby 1 (women)
plot
Protagonist: James Gatz, later known as Jay Gatsby, rises from humble Midwestern origins.
Falls in love with Daisy, who marries Tom Buchanan, a wealthy and brutal man.
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Rents a mansion on Long Island, hosting extravagant parties in hopes of reuniting with Daisy.
Neighbor and Daisy's cousin, Nick Carraway, facilitates their reunion and affair.
Daisy runs over Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson, while driving Gatsby's car, leading to Myrtle's husband seeking revenge.
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Nick arranges Gatsby's funeral, but few attend, highlighting the emptiness of Gatsby's lavish lifestyle.
Context:
Set in the 1920s, known as the "Jazz Age," characterized by economic prosperity and social upheaval.
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Influenced by historical events such as Prohibition, which led to the rise of bootlegging and organized crime.
Reflects Fitzgerald's own experiences and observations of the period, offering criticisms of the society's moral emptiness and hypocrisy.
Through characterization, Fitzgerald explores the human condition amid social uncertainty and upheaval.
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woman in great gatsby
symbol of emacipation -> bobbed their hair -> masculine look -> smoking, drinking
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before 1920 -> not existed -> his heroines are brave determined, intelligent, -> traits fitzgerald ammirated