https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism Short quotes and stylistic features that show the materialism in The Great Gatsby en-us 2016-04-08 13:49:00 UTC 2017-05-15 07:15:00 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104900370 The entire notion of how relationships are formed and how they are maintained is done so through a materialist lens.  The world Fitzgerald describes is one where success is judged upon wealth and the way it is adquired.  In this world, material wealth is the same as value.  People are valued based on their monetary acquisition and this becomes the guiding focus in the social world in the novel.  Gatsby is convinced that the more money he makes, the greater the chance his allure to Daisy will increase.  He believes that she will love him based on his money]]> 2016-04-10 00:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104900370 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104929366 - " 'They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such---such beautiful shirts before' "(93-94). I was irritated at Gatsby for wanting to flaunt his wealth to impress Daisy.  However, I was more irritated at how easily it works.  Daisy actually starts crying about how nice his shirts are and is in live with how rich he is.   She obviously is upset that she's not with him because he's wealthier than Tom.  I'm amazed at how important wealth is to the women in this community.  At the same time, I do want them to be together because Gatsby has probably been lonely.  Also, Daisy's husband has another woman, so she should leave him.  Gatsby and Daisy should elope. ―Gatsby has dismissed every servant in his house a week ago and replaced them with half a dozen others... ̳I wanted somebody who wouldn‘t gossip. Daisy comes over quite often – in the afternoons‘‖ (113-114, 113-114). 
― ̳Her voice is full of money‘...That was it. I‘d never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals‘ song of it...High in a white palace the king‘s daughter, the golden girl...‖ (120, 120). 
― ̳She never loved you, do you hear?‖ he cried.  ̳She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved any one except me!‘‖ (130, 131).  ]]> 2016-04-10 16:32:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104929366 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104943665 ¨I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes¨(91)

Nick explains when Gatsby is showing Daisy his house and highlights that if Gatby talked of how expensive everytihng was, Daisy would fell in love as she was materialist and Gatsby would do anything to get Daisy back. ]]> 2016-04-10 20:59:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104943665 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104952316 MetaphorHer voice is full of money‘...That was it. I‘d never understood before. It was full of money – that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of it, the cymbals‘ song of it...High in a white palace the king‘s daughter, the golden girl...‖ (120, 120).  : quotes: They're such beautiful shirts,' she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. 'It makes me sad because I've never seen such---such beautiful shirts before' "(93-94).
- "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy---they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, of whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (180-181)


]]> 2016-04-10 23:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104952316 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104955630 Use of yellow as symbolism for materialism:

"“yellow cocktail music” played by the orchestra.

“girls in yellow”

Are some of the quotes used to describe one of Gatsby's excessive parties, the repetition of the color yellow being used to further implicate the vulgar and fake nature of society,

Gatsby's house:
 The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard

An affair is something commonly between a group of people, refers to the fact that Gatsby's mansion is so needlessly enormous. 



]]> 2016-04-11 00:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104955630 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104956548 I want to get one of those dogs…I want to get one for the apartment. They’re nice to have — a dog.”She buys a dog (Fitzgerald 31), gives away a dress with no more reason than she has “got to get another one tomorrow” (40-41),
“sometimes they [come] and [go] without having met Gatsby at all, [come] for the party with a simplicity of heart that [is] its own ticket of admission” (45).
"I've been everywhere and done everything.

]]> 2016-04-11 00:34:45 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104956548 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104957039 2016-04-11 00:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104957039 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104961750 From the start of the novel, we, as the readers, get a negative impression of the upperclass, as being arrogant and judgmental. we can see this through the characters. By comparing Myrtle and Daisy, Myrtle represents the failure of the american dream and the desire of wanting to be rich and Daisy represents the upper class arrogant and judgmental women 

As well we can see this through Gatsby, when he decides spends a large amount of money to hold parties but he does not seem to enjoy them. This may be because Gatsby is “new money” so he has a desire to let everyone know how rich he is.]]> 2016-04-11 01:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104961750 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104965140 "Her voice is full of money" depicts the actual fact that those that have already reached the American Dream fall down into a moral decadence , materialism. ]]> 2016-04-11 02:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104965140 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104965554 From the beginning the narrative voice of nick even though he belong to the upper class the critiques them  because of their materialism and how they put their monetary interests and reputation above people life. For instance in the end of the novel nick call daisy and Tom selfish as they don't care about Gatsbys death even though he took the blame to protect daisy. ]]> 2016-04-11 02:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104965554 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104975320  First the symbolism of the silk shirts is probably one of the biggest evidences of materialism.
- "It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before"
The fact that she would be willing to cry just due to the physical appearance of a piece of clothing shows the materialist mentality of the roaring twenties, where everything, even emotions, is driven by money and possessions.

- "Her voice is full of money" 
This is part of Gaysby's idealization of Daisy, which is showing again the materialistic mentality since money is always one of the aspects that people were paying mayor attention to. 

- "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then they retrated back into their money"
This also contributes to the materialistic mindset, where money allowed you to do and behave however you wanted and still be accepted by other members of the society.



]]> 2016-04-11 04:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/104975320 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/105078819 symbols of Materialism:
Gatsby's Shirts
Bootlegging
Myrtle loving Tom because of money 


]]> 2016-04-11 14:30:08 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/105078819 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/105184228 "I WANT A POLICE DOG"
IN THIS QIOTE AND SCENE WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY HOW MYTLE AND TOM UNDERVALUE THE DOGS LIVE AND PERCEIVE THEM AS OBJECTS FOR THEIR AMUSEMENT AND DESIRE BUT NOT AS LIVING THINGS THAT ONE ACTUALLY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND PAY ATTENTION]]> 2016-04-11 20:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/105184228 https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/107306071 In gatsby we can see how the author portreys the upper as shallow and inhuman. We can see this through their assets upper class people life in "white palace" the word "palace" suggest they are royalty which they are not so they are faking a profile to show something they are not. Futhermore their empty houses are a represnetation of their empty souls who so they are trying to fill their hole with material things that represent their supposed success.]]> 2016-04-22 18:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/amccreadie/GGmaterialism/wish/107306071