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Warning: I keep seeing people in my club call 'The Great Gatsby' a love story, but my professor in Chicago said it's really about class and the American Dream.
I think this matters because calling it a romance misses the whole critique of the 1920s, so what's the bigger theme we should focus on?
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derekward13d ago
Your professor was right, it's about the dream failing.
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james_kim13d ago
Wait, he actually said that to your face in class? I had a professor who said something similar but he at least tried to sugarcoat it. Yours just straight up called it a failed dream. That's brutal for a lecture hall full of students paying tuition.
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kim1912d ago
Professors can be so harsh, @derekward gets it.
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