CDIS79 — The Great Gatsby
Published in 1925—but startlingly still current—The Great Gatsby reveals America's easy surrender to the allure of wealth and its promise of instant and lasting happiness. In Jay Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald creates an amoral hero who becomes an American icon: the get-rich-quick schemer, oblivious to morals and people, whose only god is personal satisfaction. It is not necessary to read the novel to benefit from this class. (2 sessions)