In The Great Gatsby, a theme widely explored by Fitzgerald is how class divisions that separate the wealthy from everyone else are presented. ... The wealthy elite are first presented in the first chapter of the Great Gatsby. ... This is shown in the Great Gatsby when Owl Eyes crashes the car at Gatsby's party in chapter three (p43), and how he knew "very little about driving.... Vile Bodies enhances the understanding of the Great Gatsby in this way through the satirical naming sense, suggesting that the names given in the Great Gatsby too have their own unique purposes. ... Waugh...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Identity is expressed from many different channels within F.Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. ... In the case of The Great Gatsby these cultural surroundings are an early 1920's America, specifically New York and the adjacent Long Island. ... Identity within The Great Gatsby's 1920's American setting is strongly defined as mentioned above by monetary circumstance. ... Colour is highly eminent in The Great Gatsby. ... Despite being set around New York The Great Gatsby is a mediation of the 1920's America as a whole in the sense of the American dream. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate