New York University Class Difference: Values and Behaviors Discussion
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- In class, we’ve been talking extensively about Veblen’s Theory of the Leisure Class and the distinctions he (and others, like Pierre Bourdieu) made between “old money” and “new money.” Fitzgerald was personally concerned with the difference. In a journal entry (August 1916), he even wrote “Poor boys shouldn’t think of marrying rich girls” (xxviii). How does Fitzgerald portray class differences in his works? What values and behaviors are embraced by each group?
- The book we used is Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby, Norton Critical Editions, 1st Edition. Edited by David Alworth, W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 2021.
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