The Great Gatsby: The Ragged Transition from Victorian "Self-Made"

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October 6, 2013

 

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Pulling oneself up by the bootstraps, working one's way up the corporate ladder and running a business was not only the norm, it was expected. This process required a great deal of strong character and powerful will which were equated to "masculine passions" (Bederman 12). The acquisition of these traits (or passions) directly affected the family life because "by gaining the manly strength to control himself, a man gained the strength, as well as the duty, to protect and direct those weaker than himself: his wife, his children, or his employees" (Bederman 12)...
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The acquisition of these traits (or passions) directly affected the family life because "by gaining the manly strength to control himself, a man gained the strength, as well as the duty, to protect and direct those weaker than himself: his wife, his children, or his employees" (Bederman 12). According to Bederman, not only was family life affected, but also the entire societal construct of the middle-class was tied into these passions...
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