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    Summary and Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Based on the Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Summary and Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Based on the Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Summary and Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Based on the Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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    Summary and Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Based on the Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Great Gatsby tells you what you need to know—before or after you read F. Scott Fitzgerald’s book.

    Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader.
     
    This short summary and analysis The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald includes:
     
    • Historical context
    • Chapter-by-chapter summaries
    • Analysis of the main characters
    • Themes and symbols
    • Important quotes
    • Fascinating trivia
    • Supporting material to enhance your understanding of the original work
     
    About The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald:
     
    Set in the Roaring Twenties—the years of excess just before the Great Depression—F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a remarkable cautionary tale that explores the decline of morality in pursuit of the American Dream, and offerings a memorable social critique of 1920s high society.
     
    Though commercially unsuccessful when first published, this Jazz Age–novel of decadence and betrayal endures as one of the most loved works in American literature.
     
    The summary and analysis in this ebook are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of fiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 29, 2016
    ISBN9781504043090
    Summary and Analysis of The Great Gatsby: Based on the Book by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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      Context

      The Great Gatsby is set in New York during the Jazz Age, the years of excess during the 1920s that preceded the Great Depression. The frivolity of the era is immortalized in this classic novel through Jay Gatsby’s elaborate parties, and the careless, old-money attitude of the Buchanans and their acquaintances.

      The Great Gatsby captures the essence of the American Dream of the time and weaves it into an iconic—and somewhat satiric—portrait of the Roaring Twenties.

      Originally published in 1925, Fitzgerald composed his masterwork, The Great Gastby, while living abroad in Europe.

      World War I had just ended, and the mood in the United States was optimistic: New technologies were being introduced—modern motorcars for the masses, moving pictures, radio—and economic prosperity seemed within reach for soldiers returning home from war and for the middle class that was abandoning the countryside and flocking to live in cities. Factories were being upgraded to serve a new and growing consumer market, and average citizens enjoyed additional leisure time, as housework became more mechanized.

      The flapper lifestyle was in full swing, with women enjoying newfound freedoms in their work, their fashion and personal appearance, and, most notably, their ability to vote.

      Success first came to F. Scott Fitzgerald, a young writer who grew up in an upper-middle-class family in St. Paul, Minnesota, with his first semiautobiographical novel, This Side of Paradise, published in 1920. Fame and fortune followed, as did the marriage to his great love, Zelda.

      When considering The Great Gatsby, in which protagonist Jay Gatsby makes his fortune by bootlegging, one must also remember the 1920 ratification of the 18th amendment that banned the production and distribution of alcohol. Gatsby shows off his new money wealth by throwing lavish parties where the shallow congregate and look for opportunities to improve their own standing in society.

      Overview

      Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest to learn the bond business in New York.

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