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Marx and Fitzgerald

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February 20, 2014

 

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The overpowering obsession with money and social status that pervades the characters and their society can be linked to Karl Marx's theories of capitalism. Marx's actual economic fact explains the devaluation of men as a result of the "increase in value of the world of things." Jay Gatsby places high value on achieving material wealth and social status, but he loses his identity, his soul, and eventually his life in his struggle to win the affections of Daisy Buchanan and to prove himself to be something more than "new money," making him a creature of capitalism much in the same way as the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a creature of the Enlightenment...
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In Frankenstein, Shelley critiques the Enlightenment belief that reason and science alone can combat the problems of the world to make it a better place. A creature of science, the monster suffers from the neglect of its need for acceptance and love. A creature of the process of earning and spending money, Jay Gatsby becomes consumed in his effort to rise in social status...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Criticism Of The American Dream Is Scott's Fitzgerald's life Reflected in the Character of Jay Gatsby? A Fool'S Gold: The Tragedy Of Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald'S The Great Gatsby Corruption of the rich based on The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald/ Great Gatsby F.Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" comparison and contrasted with Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice In The First Three Chapters Of “The Great Gatsby” How Does F. Scott Fitzgerald Introduce His Readers To The Character Of Gatsby? Social Status The Rise of Karl Marx Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's View Of American Society Marx's Theory Of Money Marx and Fitzgerald Social Status social status of women
 

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