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The Great Gatsby Marxist Reading
The Great Gatsby Marxist Reading
The Great Gatsby Marxist Reading
GATSBY
by Scott F. Fitzgerald
under the Marxist Lens
"conflicts of interest
Bourgeoisie
"conflicts of interest
Proletariat
Social class
class conflict
OThe Professions
OJordan, the piano player
OThe Proletariat
O George and Myrtle Wilson
OThe Lumpenproletariat
OMeyer Wolfsheim
Class fractions
of production
hegemony
Valley of Ashes
OThe politicians, statesmen
and lawmen mingling with
bootleggers.
OMoral values vs. sign values
economic, political and ideological
conflicts
OThe
fairy-tale of rags-to-riches
where a poor man can climb on
top of the social strata if he only
work hard for it, with combined
luck
brought
by
friends/
connections from the upper class
OIn the end, after all efforts, the
poor will know that the only way
out of their situation is through
their coffin (Tyson).
false consciousness
lover,
O I must have you!
O Gatsby tried everything he could think of to
the end