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