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STRUCTURE

1. summary of the plot

2. character constellation

3. motifs

4. themes

5. symbols

6. connections to other topics

7. sources

Nick moves into a house in

West Egg next to Jay Gatsby

Nick visits his cousin Daisy to have dinner

with her, her husband Tom and Jordan

Tom invites Nick to a party in New

York with his mistress Myrtle

Nick attends one of Gatsby’s parties

and meets him for the first time

Nick arranges a meeting

between Daisy and Gatsby

Daisy and Gatsby fall in love again

during dinner, Tom realizes the

tension between Daisy and Gatsby

THE GREAT GATSBY

argument in 'The Plaza Hotel' in

New York about Daisy’s true feelings

on the way home, Daisy accidentally

overruns Myrtle with Gatsby’s yellow car

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

THE WEATHER

SOURES

FILM

The Great Gatsby, 2013 by Warner Home Video

The Great Gatsby, 1974 by Paramount Pictures

INTERNET SOURCES

http://www.shmoop.com/great-gatsby/tom-buchanan.html

http://thegreatgatsbysandm.blogspot.de/2011/05/valley-of-ashes.html

http://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-great-gatsby/plot-overview

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-great-gatsby/character-analysis/nick-carraway

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/themes.html

http://www.youtube.com

LITERATURE

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, Schöningh Verlag, Paderborn 2011

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1995, page 171

Bertelsmann Universallexikon Band 17, Gütersloh 1990

PICTURES

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Gatsby is blamed for Myrtle's death

  • good mood
  • tragic moment
  • harmony
  • depressed atmosphere

George Wilson kills Gatsby because of

a hint by Tom

Nick arranges the funeral but nobody shows up

presentation by Lea Mineur and

Jan-Paul Schwarz

NEW YORK

Myrtles sister

(Tom & Myrtle)

FEATURES:

EVENTS:

CHARACTER'S HOME:

- small apartment

uninhibited, free, unlimited, place of business

party with the McKees, affair of Myrtle and Tom

PERSONALITY:

- vulgar, unfaithful

- they can be themselves

multicultural city of money and pleasure where

West-Eggers and East-Eggers meet

EAST EGG

The Buchanans

Jordan Baker

white palaces, fashionable, bright, large beaches

dinner at the Buchanan's with Nick and Jordan

PERSONALITY:

- boastful, snobbish

- value appearance

- wealthy

FEATURES:

EVENTS:

CHARACTER'S HOME:

- cheerful red/white mansion

- elaborate

- at the beach

on the one hand conserative, on the other hand careless rich people

THE GREEN LIGHT

  • Gatsby's hopes and dreams

Daisy

  • seems to be impossible

to reach

  • society's desire
  • materialistic American

Dream

big parties, reunion of Gatsby & Daisy, Gatsby's death

PERSONALITY:

less fashionable, newly rich people

WEST EGG

Gatsby: extraordinary, rich,

wants to impress

Nick: simple person, doesn't

care about others

Jay Gatsby

Nick Carraway

FEATURES:

EVENTS:

CHARACTER'S HOME:

open-minded, but superficial world of the newly-rich

Gatsby: big, expensive mansion

Nick: small gardeners house

THE JAZZ AGE

  • 1918 - 1930
  • time of materialists
  • flamboyant parties
  • rebellious attitude towards

old values

  • prohibition of alcohol
  • emancipation:

women

- begin to drink and smoke in public

- cut their hair

- stop wearing corsets

- get the right to vote

  • ends with great economic depression

THE AMERICAN DREAM

  • arises in the 1920s
  • after the war young Americans persuade the dream of wealth
  • era of cynism, greed and pleasure

reality:

  • moral decay (T.J. Eckleburg )
  • the relation of Tom and George

Wilson

  • impossible to reach

ideal:

everybody

  • is happy
  • has a good job
  • has a lot of money

Did the American Dream come true?

In the Golden Twenties it came true for many people. Nonetheless this situation did not last long because it was destroyed by the Black Thursday and its consequences (world economic crisis).

YELLOW CAR

  • sign of wealth and Gatsby's achievements of the past
  • colour to catch Daisy´s attention
  • object of recognition: reason for Gatsby's death
  • yellow gold = money

CHARACTER MAP

FEATURES:

VALLEY OF ASHES

The Wilsons

EVENTS:

desolate area, dusty, shabby, powdery air

Daisy overruns Myrtle

CHARACTER'S HOME:

- small house

- run-down garage

PERSONALITY:

- desperate

- depressed

- submissive to the rich

home of desolate poorer people that represents the social decay of America

THE EYES OF DR .T.J. ECKLEBURG

  • advertising billboard
  • the eyes of God
  • observing and judging the American society
  • loss of spiritual values in America in order to achieve material wealth

Jay Gatsby

  • real name 'James Gatz'
  • around 30 years old
  • from North Dakota
  • has been officer in WWI

  • handsome and misterious
  • outer appearance and reputation are very important for him
  • gives big parties at his mansion
  • there are a lot of rumours about him

Nick Carraway

Daisy Buchanan

Nick Carraway

  • narrator of the story
  • around 30 years old
  • born in a well-situated

family in Minnesota

  • comes to New York to learn the bond business
  • open-minded, quiet, good listener
  • his character changes drastically throughout

the story

  • in the end he returns to Minnesota

Daisy Buchanan

  • from Louisville, Kentucky
  • many men fancied her when she

was younger

  • thrilling voice, beautiful face
  • is in love with money, ease and

material luxury

  • in the end, Tom and her move away

charming, bored,

wealthy, careless,

sophisticated, moody,

pretty superficial

Jordan Baker

Tom Buchanan

  • around 30 years old
  • from an enormously rich,

aristocratic family

  • was a national football player
  • his hobby is buying and riding

polo horses

  • in a good shape, very muscular
  • racist and proud to be white
  • superficial, snobbish, boastful

George Wilson

Myrtle Wilson

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Jay Gatsby

The Buchanans

George Wilson

Marc Zuckerberg

the Winklevoss brothers

Eduardo Saverin

FRIENDSHIP

Gatsby & Nick

Marc & Eduardo

DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS

oldly & newly rich

East Egg & West Egg

the Winklevosses & Marc

business partners

despites

FRIENDSHIP

Billy & Michael

Gatsby & Nick

DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS

rich & poor

middle & working class

DIFFERENT SOCIAL GROUPS

Salem & Tituba

West/East Egg

COUPLE RELATIONSHIP

the Buchanans

the Proctors

adultery

Tom & Myrtle

John Proctor & Abigail

FRIENDSHIP

Gatsby & Nick

Abigail & the girls

Proctor & Hale

having a

love affair

  • when it's too hot:

oppression conflict arises

good friends

murders

COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS

risking everything for love

Gatsby ♥ Daisy

Bassanio Portia

FRIENDSHIP

Gatsby & Nick

Bassanio & Antonio

Portia & Nerissa

Bassanio & Lorenzo

love

neighbours

COUPLE RELATIONSHIP

adultery

Tom & Myrtle

Parvez & Bettina

EMANCIPATION

Jordan

Bettina

cousins

is flattered by

  • cool weather

symbol for "cool"

life standard

good friends

dating

accidentally kills

is obsessed

with

married

is blamed

for her death

married

is disappointed in

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Indians in general

Puro

Jay Gatsby

Tom Buchanan

George Wilson

FRIENDSHIP

Gatsby & Nick

Todd & Puro

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