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I had MARXISM: and within in the book the connections i found was GATSBY who left his parents as a boy to live the american dream. Theory? i have no idea what to put here but marxism is basically living the american dream and gatsby lived the official dream
i believe that the book represented feminism quit well. If i were to change my research i would chose physic because of the aspect of tom messing with Gatsby mind. the hard thing for feminisim is that the topic is very touchy in the book there are to many exampils.
it was hard to find connections to psychoanalysis within this book. if i were to change theories now, i think it would be easier to go with modernism or feminism. there are multiple examples of each of those in the book.
There are a lot of good examples for marxism in the book. I found 6 connections and i can easily find more if i needed to. The easiest theory i thought was feminism because you going through the book kept calling out examples for it and Tom always had something to say that would contribute to sexism against women.
I found some on my lens theory which was psycho-analysis, but I really couldn't find any myself, but only got some when you pointed them out. I think the easiest one to do would be feminism. Because through out the book they show things about Daisy's independence. And how girls were treated back in the 1920s. A quote I can remember from the top of my head is when Daisy said that the only thing a girl can be in this world is a silly little fool.
My lens theory (modernism), is connecting with some parts of the book, it doesn't connect much as others theories would.I feel as modernism isn't in the book as much as other theories. There are more Marxism theories. If I got the choice to change my theory, I probably would chose Marxism over modernism as it had more theories than modernism.
The theory lens i had was feminism. which i thought was the easiest because there were so many examples threw out the book.
My theory was feminism, I did find multiple connections, mostly through Jordan. She was a golfer which was not common in that time and basically he whole appearance showed her feminist side. She was a strong woman for her time. The easiest theory to argue in my opinion would be psycho analysis. There were many cases of people freaking out and a lot of questionable behavior amongst all characters, Jordan lying, Tom's temper, Daisy putting up with a cheating husband, Nick's untrustworthy information and Gatsby's denial, they all showed signs of inner issues.
I had Marxism and there were a lot of great examples in the book that I am able to use. If i could change theories now i would definitely choose feminism because there are a bunch of low key examples of feminism that Fitzgerald drops into the book. It would be a lot easier if i had picked up Feminism.
Yeah i had modernism and there was all sorts of stuff that was related to that. i guess modernism is when people do not believe i n god but more in science like tom cruise. i think maybe thats what makes emn all go nuts n cheat n die .
I thought Marxism represented the book quite well. I think the easiest theory is feminism. Nobody in the book really cared about what the women were thinking and what they wanted.
I have modernism, which in my opinion is the hardest theory. the most I have about modernism is science and the books Tom mention. If I were to change theories I would choose to do feminism, there is a lot in The Great Gatsby. An example would be the fact that it's okay for Tom to cheat often, but when Daisy does it a couple times it's not okay at all.
My theory modernism was shown throughout the book probably as much as the other theories but for me I had a hard time finding a lot of examples of it. I think the easiest theory would have been feminism. I felt like there was more examples of feminism. Mostly from how Daisy acted.
One of the characteristics of modernism is to revolt against the corrupt. Don't get me wrong Gatsby and a lot of the people he associated were very corrupt people. They did a great job of blocking out the real world. With all the money, drinking, and parties they only paid attention to their high life styles and nothing else. If I could have picked any other theory it would have been feminism. I picked up feminism throughout the book a lot easier then modernism.
For marxism as my theory i connected by gatsby. Gatsby believed he was no diferent than tom and his dream was amarican at heart. The beliefe that he could attain anything through the fruits of his labor (the american dream) was what Gatsby believed in. Tom was the force that kind of ripped and destroyed this beliefe out of gatsby. Tom knew how Gatsby actually earned his living and with that began to tear him apart. Tom tore him apart by telling him that his dreams werent ever going to come true with daisy.
i had marxism.If i could change i would change to feminism because tom shows lot's of sexims against Daisy.
I had FEMINISM, within this book I think it had many different quotes, I can use for my paper. I found many connections to my theory because it was brought up in almost every chapter. If I had to change I would do marxism. When Gatsby was a little boy he left his parent a to live the American dream of having a house to call his own.
I had feminism as a lens theory, to me that was on of the easiest topics because the author, Fitzgerald, did a good job on putting a lot of examples throughout the book. If i could change, I would not pick a new topic.
Throughout the entire book I felt most of it had links to my lens theory which was Feminism. I believe that modernism would be the best lens theory to argue because in Great Gatsby is more of past tense.
Before we started the book I thought modernism would have been the easiest because in the 30's everyone was thinking big and trying to move toward the future. However, after finishing the book it seems that feminism would be the easiest. I say that because there were many comments that refereed to women in a disrespectful manor, like they were an easy thing to obtain, kind of like a pet that talks back.
My theory is Psycho-Analysis, and a really good quote I found is. The talk Daisy and Tom had, Daisy confessed to Tom that she loves Gatsby. And Tom still has to live with Daisy, there both Catholics and have children. So its not like they can just divorce. But anyways, Maybe i would switch to modernism.
I have modernism and I think that there where some really good examples of this in the book but if I had to pick the one that would be the easiest one would be feminism. I think that is the easiest because with Daisy showing that she is independent.
I had Psycho Analysis: I found some very vague connections to the book, mostly with Nick, and Gatsby. If I had to change I would defiantly choose Modernism, I would choose this because, it's the easiest there were very bold connections.
I had FEMINISM, i thought it was the easiest lens theory. I would not want to change my topic if i had the choice. There was many connections and quotes i found.
I saw some things that connected to psychoanalysis. At times it's difficult to tell when a part of the book is psychoanalysis. I think feminism would be the easiest to argue now. There was a lot of examples of feminism in Gatsby.
I have modernism. This theory is hard to fond quotes for through the whole book, but it is my favorite theory. I wanted to do something different because ive read the book three times. I would not switch even if i could.
I chose Psychoanalysis and I found that there are a lot of examples in The Great Gatsby. I wouldn't change my lens theory, personally because since I've been through psychology and AP psychology I thoroughly understand my topic.
My theory was Feminism. I believed that it was one of the easier ones. There were many examples throughout the book most revolving around Jordan and Daisy. In my opinion after reading the book I think that Psycho-analysis. There were many examples the had to do with the way people were acting.
I have Marxism and I have a lot of examples for it but think feminism is the easiest because I feel like there was a lot more examples.
The theory I had was feminism. I thought that it was one of the easiest lenses because it was made so obvious through out the book. Feminism is the easiest to argue because you can find so many good examples to prove that it was pretty sexist and the image of women was changing. I don't think I would change it because I have already found so many quotes.
Marxism - I found many connections in Gatsby to Marxism. It shows very prevalent on how we perceive George at the end of the book. He is picture to be the mad man. He knew that his wife was having an affair and he went after who he thought the other guy was. When this is brought to light his beliefs are pushed to the side because of his class compared to the others. Also, with Tom he automatically shows us that he isn't going to allow himself to be seen as lower class, therefore he does a dirty trick and when he finds out that Mrytle is dead; which is damage control. You learn that many people would much rather protect their image, rather than tell the truth and own up to what they have done, allowing them to walk all over the classes who are underneath them.
I have Marxism, while i think Marxism is the easiest to prove and study, feminism is in just kicking it off and i can definitely see the women in this story becoming more and more independent, its actually kinda weird seeing the start of the women's right movement
I had Psychoanalysis but if I could change my theory to Modernism because I think that there is more examples to it.
I found a lot of connections with Marxism, as the book shows how wealthy people control the working class and end up doing almost whatever they want. However I think the strongest theory shown in the book is feminism, I think is the easiest to identify through characters like daisy, who is "used" by her husband before her change, and myrtle and Jordan, who since the beginning were free independent women.
I had Modernism and I found that at times it was difficult to find quotes but it shows an interesting perspective of the book.
Psychoanalysis was pretty easy to find examples for, just because we learn about multiple characters and their pasts and how they've affected how they live their lives now. I feel like feminism would be the easiest lens theory to analyze, but I wouldn't want to change from psychoanalysis.
My Theory was (psycho-analysis) I found a few theories for psycho-analysis but I think that marxism would been more easier because there were more examples for it.
I had Psychoanalysis and I had a hard time finding things at the start, but then it got quite a few and it got better. If I could change it I would change to Feminism. I feel like it would be more easy because the book was mostly about daisy becoming her own women.
I have feminism, and I think this book portrayed feminism really well and shows how the women in this book move from not having much independence to having more by the end of the book. I actually think that psychoanalysis would have been easier to do, because there was definitely alot of crazy thoughts going on in the book.
The lens theory I had was Psycho-Analysis and it was difficult to find examples to use. If I changed my theory, it would be Marxism because it is more common throughout the book.
I think that my theory was hard modernizm is something I don't know allot about ether but ill make it work
I had MODERNISM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It had very few examples in the book. Only when Tom was talking about scientist theory's and the philosophies on life, was there any mention of Modernism.
I had psycho-analysis. It had alot of small points throughout the book you could use for the theory. The biggest moment of it was towards then end when you could see how mentally unstable wilson was.
I had psycho analysis , their were connections between Nick and Gatsby, but I would have rather had Marxism because there were so many examples throughout the whole book. I think it would have been the easiest.
I had modernism and it had very few examples in the book. If i could change I would choose feminism because there was a lot of examples in the book.
I have Marxism. I found many examples for it, but I think that feminism would be the easiest. There are a lot of examples in the book, plus I don't understand Marxism as well as i probably should.
I had feminism and I think that the book represented it very well. There were more than enough examples of feminism in the book. If i was aloud to change my theory, I wouldn't. I think that feminism was a big part of the book, so it will be really easy to write about.
I had Marxism. I would still stick with it and not change it because The Great Gatsby represents this very well. If the rich get into trouble, they can just buy their way out of it. Like Gatsby paying off the cops and then daisy and tom just run away or "take a vacation" when things go wrong.
