What to submit
Each student will submit a Word document that follows the guidelines as written below.
Prompt
Choose only one of the following options:
1.Analyze The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald from a Marxist perspective. Tom and Daisy Buchanan are members of the established upper class (American “aristocracy”); Gatsby is a member of the class known as the nouveau riche (the upper class), while George and Myrtle Wilson are members of the working class (possibly somewhere between middle and lower class). How does setting emphasize differences between social classes? How does the novel suggest this class struggle will sort itself out? Explain and support your answer with textual evidence.
2.Analyze The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald from a Marxist perspective. Gatsby’s pursuit of Daisy (and the wealth with which to win her) can be seen as a representation of the materialistic American Dream. Is Gatsby’s ultimate failure a criticism of that dream? Explain and support your response with textual evidence.
Directions:
In MLA format, write six to eight full pages.
In addition, incorporate into each body paragraph at least two direct quotes.
In other words, your essay needs at least five direct quotes from Fitzgerald’s novel, at least three direct quotes from Lois Tyson’s “Marxist Criticism,” and at least one direct quote from each of the other four sources.
In all, your essay should have a total of twelve or more MLA-formatted quotations from at least six readings.
Works cited page:
A properly formatted works cited page will be included on a separate page at the end of your essay. You need a minimum of six (6) sources in MLA format, 9th edition.
Fitzgerald’s novel
Tyson’s “Marxist Criticism”
three peer-reviewed articles from a library database:
use either Academic Search Complete or JSTOR Essential
any other credible source (including course readings)
– If quote is longer than 4 sentences, then use block quote.
