Intro to Chopin, Fitzgerald, and The Great Gatsby

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Intro to Chopin, Fitzgerald, and The Great Gatsby Background Information

Kate Chopin American author of short stories and novels (1850-1904) Most famous for The Awakening: WAY ahead of it’s time and highly criticized (made her turn to short stories) Writer of feminist literature

Why are we talking about her? Many themes in Gatsby regarding women Daisy and Myrtle Author of A Pair of Silk Stockings, which we will be reading

F. Scott Fitzgerald American author of novels and short stories (The Great Gatsby) Came from a family with little money Married a woman named Zelda Sayre Hated by Hemingway Inspiration for novels/ stories Later diagnosed as a schizophrenic Late became a raging alcoholic

Great Fitzgerald quotes “Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy” “Genius is the ability to put into effect what’s in your mind” “A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.”

The Great Gatsby Written in 1925 Fitzgerald’s masterpiece Took passages from his other short stories to write it It was a “flop” when first published Daisy= Zelda

The Great Gatsby (film) Adapted a total of FOUR times We will be watching snippets from the 2013 version Baz Luhrmann Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire

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