the great gatsby marxist reading

7/26/2019 The Great Gatsby Marxist Reading

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THE GREAT

GATSBYby Scott F. Fitzgerald

under the Marxist ens


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!conficts o interest"

Bourgeoisie


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!conficts o interest"

Proletariat


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"Social class"

class confict


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#The Great Gatsby reli$es the Roaring

T%enties& %hen a "little 'an( can"get rich )uic*ly( %ith its ca+italistsche'es o, the American Dream.

#Behind the glitter o, 'oney& ,a'eand +arties lies +eo+le %ho treatother +eo+le as ob-ects orco''odity& the decay o, +ersonal

$alues and the death o, the society.

"ex+ose the +olitical and econo'ic

contradictions inherent in a+italis'(


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#haracters are guilty o,

co''odi/cation& e$en Gatsbyhi'sel, is not innocent.

"ex+ose the +olitical and econo'ic

contradictions inherent in a+italis'(


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#The Haute (High) Bourgeoisie#

Tom, Daisy#The Petit (Small) Bourgeoisie#Nick

#The Proessions#Joran, the !iano !layer

#The Proletariat#"eorge an #yrtle $ilson

#The %um!en!roletariat##eyer $olsheim

&lass ractions


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# 0n the 1azz age o, the 234s& the a'ount o,

'oney one had de/ne %hat class one %asin.

# 5eo+le in East Egg ne$er ha$e to %orryabout 'oney& +eo+le %or* ,or the' throughthe old 'oney they ha$e inherited.

# 0n 6est Egg& +eo+le ha$e to deal %ith dailyhassle and bustle -ust to get that hardearned to ,ul/ll their drea's o, 'o$ing onhigher strata.

#The +eo+le in the 7alley o, Ashes are the+oor ones %ho %or* hard to earn a li$ing.

# Such a scenario de+icted the a+italis'societyo'nershi! o the means

o !rouction


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#The struggle to get to theto+ o, the social econo'icalclass is dri$en by the belie,

syste' that ad$ocates the%ay o, li$ing 8East 9 6estEgg: in the A'erican

society.

s!heres o infuence

ase *s+ su!erstructure


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#ultural hege'ony is e'beddedon the in;uence o, Holly%ood,ashion 8curly and +iled u+


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#The 6est 9 East Eggs $s.7alley o, Ashes

#The +oliticians& states'en

and la%'en 'ingling %ithbootleggers.

#Moral $alues $s. sign $alues

economic, !olitical an ieological

conficts


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#The 7alley o, Ashes is alienated

by the color and gla'our o, theEast Egg.

#Myrtle 6ilson is isolated ,ro' the

niceties o, li,e e$en i, she cra$e,or the' so 'uch& si'+lybecause is ,ro' the 7alley o,Ashes.

#Gatsby is alienated byBuchanan4s origins= the reason%hy he can ne$er ha$e >aisy. He

si'+ly does not belong to theiralienation


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#The ,airy?tale o, rags?to?riches

%here a +oor 'an can cli'b onto+ o, the social strata i, he only%or* hard ,or it& %ith co'binedluc* brought by ,riends

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