Gatsby's American Dream: Reading The Great Gatsby Critically, Chapter 1

submitted by SMKelly43 on 11/22/13 1

In which John Green discusses the first chapter of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, including thoughts on the role that the ideas of the self-made man and the American dream fuel the beginning of the novel. Themes, metaphors, and symbols are all discussed--although hopefully not in that boring and unlikable way you all find so reprehensible. Discuss the book! yourpants.org/threads/9896-The-Official-Thread-for-Discussing-The-Great-Gatsby?highlight=gatsby In the first chapter, our narrator Nick Carraway introduces us briefly to Gatsby before taking us to an awful dinner with the unhappily married Buchanans, Tom and Daisey, who live in great wealth and misery on East Egg. HERE ARE A LOT OF LINKS TO NERDFIGHTASTIC THINGS: Shirts and Stuff: dftba.com/artist/30/Vlogbrothers Hank's Music: dftba.com/artist/15/Hank-Green John's Books: amzn.to/j3LYqo ====================== Hank's Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankgreen Hank's Facebook: www.facebook.com/hankimon Hank's tumblr: edwardspoonhands.tumblr.com John's Twitter: www.twitter.com/realjohngreen John's Facebook: www.facebook.com/johngreenfans John's tumblr: fishingboatproceeds.tumblr.com ====================== Other Channels Crash Course: www.youtube.com/crashcourse SciShow: www.youtube.com/scishow Gaming: www.youtube.com/hankgames VidCon: www.youtube.com/vidcon Hank's Channel: www.youtube.com/hankschannel Truth or Fail: www.youtube.com/truthorfail ====================== Nerdfighteria effyeahnerdfighters.com/ effyeahnerdfighters.com/nftumblrs reddit.com/r/nerdfighters nerdfighteria.info/ A Bunny (\(\ ( - -) ((') (')

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