THE GREAT GATSBY

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    I am Nidhi Jethava and today in this blog I am going to ponder some questions about ‘ The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Introduction :- 

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, Fitzgerald completed a rough draft in 1924. He submitted the draft to editor Maxwell Perkins, who persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. After making revisions, Fitzgerald was satisfied with the text, but remained ambivalent about the book's title and considered several alternatives. Painter Francis Cugat's final cover design impressed Fitzgerald who incorporated a visual element from the art into the novel.

After its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received generally favorable reviews; some literary critics believed it did not equal Fitzgerald's previous efforts and signaled the end of his literary achievements. Gatsby was a commercial failure, selling fewer than 20,000 copies by October, and Fitzgerald's hopes of a monetary windfall from the novel were unrealized. When the author died in 1940, he believed himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. After his death, the novel faced a critical and scholarly re-examination amid World War II, and it soon became a core part of most American high school curricula and a part of American popular culture. Numerous stage and film adaptations followed in the subsequent decades.

Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. Contemporary scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, its portrayal of inherited versus self-made wealth, race, environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. As with other works by Fitzgerald, criticisms include allegations of antisemitism. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.

1) How did the film capture the Jazz Age - the Roaring Twenties of America in the 1920s?

Answer:-

In this video we came to know how the director capture the Jazz culture. , The Great Gatsby, jazz appears as constant background music. In the contemporary phenomenon of “Gatsby parties”—festivities intended to capture the air of the titular Jay Gatsby's famously lavish, bacchanalian parties—jazz is de rigueur to evoke the 1920s

2) How did the film help in understanding the characters of the novel?

Answer :- 

In these both videos we come to know how characters are represented and their entries. The scenes help us to understand characters very well. For example, in the very beginning, the characters of Nick Carraway are introduced as a patient and his doctor suggests that he write down something and then he will narrate the whole story. In the same way when Daisy's first look in the movie is also fascinating. Jay Gatsby the very interesting and mysterious character. His entry is also very interesting. In brief the film helps a lot to understand the character by events and gestures.

3) How did the film help in understanding the symbolic significance of 'The Valley of Ashes', 'The Eyes of Dr. T J Eckleberg' and 'The Green Light'?

Answer :- 

1 The Valley of Ashes:-

In the movie the scene is describe very well. , the valley of ashes between West Egg and New York City consists of a long stretch of desolate land created by the dumping of industrial ashes. The film we clearly watch the image and setting of ' The valley of Ashes '. It helps to understand the situation of industrial as well as people of that time. 

2. The Eyes of Dr. T J Eckleburg :- 

The eye of Eckleburg The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are a pair of fading, bespectacled eyes painted on an old advertising billboard over the valley of ashes. They may represent God staring down upon and judging American society as a moral wasteland, though the novel never makes this point explicitly.

3. The Green light :-

The Green Light is very important part of the film. The film helps us to understand the significance of green light. The character Jay Gatsby love green light.  Jay constantly watching that light. According to Nick Jay is the very hopeful fellow, this green light signifies hope. This symbolizes the destruction of Gatsby's dream. By the end of chapter seven Gatsby is watching over nothing.

4) How did the film capture the theme of racism and sexism?

Answer :- 

The theme of racism and sexism is also important in 'The Great Gatsby'.  In the middle part of the movie we come to know  sexism and racism in the movies describe by the gorgeousness of life. In clothing and expression the both ism describe very well.  

With the help of this frame we come to know the idea of black and white people treated in America. Black people always considered as uncivilized and salves. 

5) Watch the video on Nick Carraway and discuss him as a narrator.

Answer :- 

The narrator of the novel Nick Carraway is very important and wise character. The novel in written in the first person point of view. The character of Nick Carraway is one kind of observer in the novel.

 He uses some of the interesting lines. He recalls her father and his moral advises. The way he represent the story is awesome and in chronological.

Nick is very good human. He is wise and great observer. He allows Jay and Daisy to spend time together in his home and he wend out in his home. It's describe the greatness of Nick.

This frame is taken from the end of film. Nick is stranger for Jay but he stay whole night with death body of Jay. we can say he is the great soul in a way. 

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