capitalism/society - Gatsby + Grapes - Flashcards in A Level and IB English Literature

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introductory points

both critical of captalisim and the effects it has had on society
f- led to a loss of traditional but he also celebrates increase in personal wealth
s- exposes widespread poverty caused by captalisim and offeres a solution of captaliasim

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characters for essay

Gatsby
chapter 5 - farmer men
mrtyle
ma Joad

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Gatsby

- 'bootlegger'
-'hop a long Cassidy' daily schedule and general resolves
- 'tanned skin'
- his love for daisy sees her as a prize rather than a partner
Tyson : he attracts the reader to the very thing he condemns
tyson : 'at first, seems to embody the

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context

us economic growth in the second half of the 19th century was the fastest in its history generating s
ignificanct increased in production, wages and wealth = capitalisim more embedded

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men in chapter 5

-'born on it' 'got killed on it'
- everyone was 'silent'
-'the monster'
-'the monster has to have profits or it'll die'
-(Tennant says) 'we all got to figure. there is some way to stop this'

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context men in chapter 5

stock market crash of 1929 - farmers lost their land couldn't afford it
captalisim presented as viscous cycle
24% unemployment

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myrtle wilson

-'no facet or gleam of beauty' 'thickish figure' (compared to daisy who is the object of desire)
-affair with tom as a way to manifest her social mobility
-'tapestried funiture entirely too large for it'
-quick, graphic death symbolic how
tyson

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context myrtle

-1920s 60% of people living below the poverty line
-

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ma Joad

-citadel of the familiy
-dont you go fighting them alone
'go to the poor people, there the only ones that'll help
-motley: ma Joad's growing power acts and source of community strength shelter human dignity from the antisocial effects of individualism

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context

collectivism
individualism exists because of capitalism

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