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English 2034 America & Gatsby“RestlessOptimism”
“Westward Ho!”• “Manifest destiny”• Expansion and Indian relations• Community vs. individualism
The “Loner” in Cowboy Legend
20th Century Expansionism
• The Melting Pot• Identity?
Rural to Urban Life Video: San Francisco at 1905
The American Dream
• Rags to riches!• Anyone can do it… or can they?
Clothing & Attire at 1900• Post-Victorian “respectability” in dress
We’re still the same people
Flappers • Loosening of sexual rules and traditions• Popular culture in films, radio, and music
The Jazz Age (1920s)
• Postwar optimism• Cars, freedom, and illegal booze
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940
• Writer of four novels and several short stories, including “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
• Had a middle-class Catholic upbringing in Minnesota
• Lived an extravagant life in Paris and befriended Hemingway
• Stormy marriage to “Zelda,” money problems, and alcoholism
• Unsuccessful Hollywood screenwriting later in life