A NOVEL ABOUT A WORKING CLASS MAN (GATSBY) WHO GOES TO GREAT LENGHTS TO BECOME RICH AND EIN BACK THE WOMAN THE LOVES ( THE AMERICAN DREAM - SALE OF ALCOHOL) . THE WOMAN EVENTUALLY LEAVED HIM AND GOES BACK TO TOM WHO IS THE SAME CLASS AS HER
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WHTA CLASS WAS FITZGERALD
UPPER - MIDDLE CLASS , HOWEVER WHEN HIS FATHERS BUSINESS FAILED IT CAUSED THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY BECAME PRECARIOUS , HE BOTH ADMIRED AND RESENTED THE RICH
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WHAT TYPE OF MONEY LIVED IN THE WEST EGG
NEW MONEY : PEOPLE WHO WORKED FROM IT : ROSE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP : NICK AND GATSBY : FITZGERALD'S LIVE WAS ALSO LIKE THIS.
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WHAT TYPE OF MONEY AND PEOPLE LIVED IN THE EAST EGG
OLD MONEY : PEOPLE WHO INHERITED IT : DAISY AND TOM : SEEN AS A HIGHER CLASS THAN THE EAST EGGERS
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WHATS THE AMERICAN DREAM
THE IDEA THTA IF YOU WORKED HARD ENOUHGH YOU COULD ACHIEVE ANYTHING (DISREGARDS OF WHAT SOCIAL BACKGROUND YOU CAME FROM)YOU WANT AND LIVE THE LIFESTYLE YOU WANT ( GATSBY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS HOWVER IT ALL FALLS APART)
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WHERE IS THE GREAT GATSBY SET
A FICTIONAL VERSION OF "LONG ISLAND"
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WHAT DOES THE VALLEY OF THE ASHES SYMBOLISE
THAT THE EXCESS OF WEALTH CANT BE ACHIEVED WITHOUT EXPLOITING ANOTHER PART OF SOCIETY
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JAY GATSBY ( WEST EGGER )
A WEALTHY AND MYSTERIOUS MAN WHO HOLDS LARGE LAVISH PARTIES . HE USED TO BE DAISYS PARTNER AND HE STILL LOVES HER . HE REPRESENTS HOW POEPLE IN THE 1920'S CHALLENGED THE AMERICAN DREAM
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NICK CARRAWAY ( WEST EGGER)
THE NARRATOR OF THE STORY : JUST MOVED TO THE WEST EGG AND LIVES NEXT DOOR TO GATSBY : HE IS DAISY COUSIN
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WHO DOES NICK HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
JORDAN BAKER : HE MEETS HER AT HIS COUSIN , DAISYS HOUSE . SHE IS FROM NEW YORK
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DIASY BUCHANAN
UNHAPPILY MARRIED TO TOM , INVOLVED WITH GATSBY AND EVERNTUALLY GOES BACK TO HIM BUT THEN LEAVED HIM AGAIN TO GO BACK TO TOM BECAUSE HE IS OFF A HIGHER CLASS
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Card 2
Front
A ROMANTIC TRADGEGY , A NOVEL .
Back
WHAT FORM IS THE GREAT GATSBY
Card 3
Front
A NOVEL ABOUT A WORKING CLASS MAN (GATSBY) WHO GOES TO GREAT LENGHTS TO BECOME RICH AND EIN BACK THE WOMAN THE LOVES ( THE AMERICAN DREAM - SALE OF ALCOHOL) . THE WOMAN EVENTUALLY LEAVED HIM AND GOES BACK TO TOM WHO IS THE SAME CLASS AS HER
Back
Card 4
Front
UPPER - MIDDLE CLASS , HOWEVER WHEN HIS FATHERS BUSINESS FAILED IT CAUSED THEIR POSITION IN SOCIETY BECAME PRECARIOUS , HE BOTH ADMIRED AND RESENTED THE RICH
Back
Card 5
Front
NEW MONEY : PEOPLE WHO WORKED FROM IT : ROSE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP : NICK AND GATSBY : FITZGERALD'S LIVE WAS ALSO LIKE THIS.
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