The Great Gatsby
“I had no idea of originating an American flapper when I first began to write. I simply took girls whom I knew very well and, because they interested me as unique human beings, I used them for my heroines.”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Picture at left is the book cover of the original 1925 edition of ‘The Great Gatsby’
Included below are links to websites which contain film clips, photographs and articles about The Great Gatsby, its author F. Scott Fitzgerald, the themes and context of the novel. Enjoy!
The Novel and its General Context:
The Great Gatsby – Mashpedia (a hub of video links.)
Great Gatsby – cartoon film
Gatsby’s life in cartoon – SparkNotes film
Context of The Great Gatsby – SparkNotes
Character analyses – YouTube film
Aquinas College Library:
You can borrow or watch the following DVDs from our library:
DVD0891 The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire (4 copies)
DVD0317 The Great Gatsby, starring Mia Farrow and Robert Redford (2 copies)
Critical notes on The Great Gatsby are available in the library at 813.09 FIT (Barrons, Wizard and Insight notes)
813.09 FIT Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (History in Literature…The Story Behind…) – an excellent book which explains the historical context of the novel in simple language.
F FIT The Great Gatsby – the critically acclaimed graphic novel illustrated by Nicki Greenberg
The American Dream:
The Death of the American Dream
Author John Green talks about Ch.1 of The Great Gatsby and The American Dream (film clip)
Ch.2 – Life is fleeting (with John Green) (film clip)
The Roaring 20s: Crash course in American history (with John Green)
The 1920s – The main events and fashions of the 1920s. (film clip)
The Twenties (film clip)
The Roaring 20s Part 1 & Part 2 (2 film clips)
The Century: America’s Time – 1920-1929: Boom To Bust (film – 46 minutes)
Prohibition in 1920s America (film clip)
The Jazz Age (film clip) and The Jazz Age (Mashpedia)
Zelda – Musical based on the life of F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald (film)
You will find lots more information here.
The page FEATURE ARTICLES on Aquinas Reads will tell you more about feature articles, their focus and how to write in that genre.
I looks like there is a new edition to The Great Gatsby, perhaps you guys should add it to the list 🙂
Life is like a tub of protein powder, before you know it… its gone!
Nice work Aquinas!