The Great Gatsby(The symbolic meaning of Gatsby’s car)

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1. Background

2. Gatsby’s car

3. Symbols of Gatsby’s car
i. Social symbols
ii. Personal symbols

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Jazz Age – enjoyment, and commercialism for the poverished.
Conspicuous consumption – by economic prosperity and rapid development in scientific technology.
The National Prohibition Act (1920-1933)

Icon of American Dream, self-made man.
Portrait of those seeking for wealth and religious freedom.
Very poor at first – amassed rich from the bottom of the ladder.

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Providing liberation, freedom from the cruel society.
Cars for women

Let women free from forced fidelity and sex towards men

1920s, 5-20% were women drivers
Contributed to the upgraded status of women in society

“Cars with roof” provided new kind of ‘freedom’
Boosted sex disorders in society

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