What's your interpretation of The Great Gatsby? Is it an allegorical critique of capitalism or a lambasting of the common perception of the American Dream?
To me, I view the character of Daisy as representing the very capricious and subjective American Dream while Gatsby represents the civilian who relentlessly pursues that Dream (Daisy), ultimately losing their innocence/life in the process.
>>7837037
You sound like a fucking moron
>>7837037
Do your own homework.
>>7837037
I think it's about the tragedy of romanticism, and how the sublime, and our solipcisms, fall apart when faced with the banalities of real life.
>>7837037
We aren't your homework mill. Discuss non entry level literature.
>>7837057
this, this stood out to me the most when reading the book
>>7837037
It isn't about fascism, that's for sure.
>>7837259
No one said anything about fascism.
>>7837306
I think he's referencing another popular novel read in high school: 1984.
>>7837057
You said that awkwardly but I see what you mean
okay so you want an essay written for you? Just say it's an exegetic deconstruction of interwar political and economical values whilst simultaneously being a militaristic call for revolution in order to change the banalities of the stereotypical American Dream narrative
>>7837057
>banalities
david pls
>>7837037
Equating innocence with life. Just.
1. american high scoiety is superficial
2. the born rich stay rich
3. the american dream exists only for the crooked
4. one way or another the crooked always pay
