Gatsby prompts

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Gatsby prompts

• How to work through them ?

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• Explain how Fitzgerald portrayed a social group
  in a particular way. What was his purpose in
  doing so?
• Think about . . .what social groups are in this
  novel? Upper class / rich vs. middle class/poor
• How does he portray them? Upper class are
  portrayed as rude, arrogant, careless. He wanted
  to show that the upper class / rich of the time
  were careless and self-centered
• How can you link this to a theme?

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Brainstorm of thesis

• The party guests are shallow drunks and only
  care about the free alcohol.
• Tom is abusive and lacks morals.
• Because the party guests care only about taking
  advantage of Gatsby s hospitality and Tom uses
  his social position to bully others, Fitzgerald
  portrays the rich as terrible people in order to
  show is views on the Jazz Age.

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Examples

• Because the party guests are shallow and
  self-centered and Tom uses his social position to
  bully others, Fitzgerald portrays the rich as
  terrible people in order to show his views on the
  Jazz Age.
• The party guests are shallow and self-centered
  and Tom uses his social position to bully
  others therefore, Fitzgerald portrays the rich
  as terrible people in order to show his views on
  the Jazz Age.
• Fitzgerald portrays the rich as terrible people
  in order to show his views on the Jazz age The
  party guests are shallow and self-centered and
  Tom uses his social position to bully others