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Lillian Hernandez
Emse 3122 Final
Unit on The Great Gatsby
How to take Cornell Notes
Author Bio
Movie/ Soundtrack
Characters
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Cornell Notes
By: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald’s background
Born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896
His father Edward had little $
His mother Mollie came from a financially stable background but preferred a simple life
As a child played with the rich kids in the area
At 12 his family relocated to NY
1908 entered St. Paul academy and wrote many works throughout this time
He also joined the navy
At 22 he fell in love with 18 year old Zelma who was accustomed to an extravagant life which he could not provide for her since he was not rich she left him a while after they became engaged
Fitzgerald cont’d
A year later he returned to his hometown and wrote, This Side of Paradise.
It got published in 1920, after it published Zelda came back to him and they married just one week later in NY
They had their only daughter one year later
His marriage became turbulent since a lot of alcohol was involved.
His earnings from his first book was running out and that is when he wrote, The Great Gatsby (1925)
Fitzgerald cont’d
Zelda suffered from mental breakdowns, in 1934 she was institutionalized for the remainder of her life
He never married again but did fall in love with Sheilah Graham ( a movie columnist)
He died in 1940 (some speculate it was due to a heart attack he had three weeks before and suffered hemorrhage)
His obituaries were condescending and he thought he died a failure
The Era’s of Gatsby
The Roaring Twenties: the worldwide influenza
epidemic of 1918, and an apparently strong
economy led to a period of strong optimism and a
new fun-seeking attitude.
The Jazz Age: The popularity of the new Jazz music
of New Orleans and Chicago, dances like the
Charleston, combined with the relaxing moral code
and the general feeling of optimism created the
feeling of a never ending social party.
New Soundtrack
to the Gatsby film
remake…. #3 by
Will.I.Am.
The Era’s of Gatsby
The Age of Wonderful Nonsense: It was the age of flappers and bathtub gin, an age of prosperity, and a time of moral and sexual revolution.
The Age of Intolerance: losses both financial and human Immigration rules and quotas were tightened. There was also a concerted effort to pursue and unmask spies, usually Communists or “Reds.” The “us and them” mentality resulted in the revitalizing of such supremacist organizations as the KKK.
The Original Flapper was Zelda Fitzgerald , yes, F.
Scott Fitzgerald’s wife The Great Gatsby’s author
Francis
Scott
Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby has
been adapted into two
films
The original film was very
successful
The Great Gatsby, You can't repeat the past scene
The new film released
5/10/13
Actors who played the characters Main
character of The Great Gatsby
Leonardo DiCaprio = Jay Gatsby
Carey Mulligan = Daisy Buchanan
Tobey McGuire= Nick Carraway
Joel Edgerton = Tom Buchanan
Elizabeth Debicki = Jordan Baker
Themes in the
novel
• Love
• Money
• Power
• “The American Dream”
• Social Status
• Fidelity
WWI ended in 1918
Prohibition was installed: the ban of alcohol consumption was put in place
People began to starve for both money and alcohol = freedom
The call for bootleggers rose which were people who sold and bought alcohol
illegally which also made alcohol cheaper and backfired the plan.
Prohibition
The Great Gatsby
original mansion for the
74’ film
