This genre utilizes our research and developing understandings of The Great Gatsby to strategically contextualize the factual information surrounding the novel. Specifically, I conducted research about generational sentiments before and during the 1920s, paying special attention to F. Scott Fitzgerald's motivations behind addressing disillusionment in The Great Gatsby.
"The Lost Generation" is a term coined by Ernest Hemingway used to describe individuals who came of age during World War I.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica's website, "the generation was 'lost' in the sense that its inherited values were no longer relevant in the postwar world and because of its spiritual alienation" from the materialism and superficiality of the U.S.
"The Lost Generation" is a term coined by Ernest Hemingway used to describe individuals who came of age during World War I.
According to Encyclopedia Britannica's website, "the generation was 'lost' in the sense that its inherited values were no longer relevant in the postwar world and because of its spiritual alienation" from the materialism and superficiality of the U.S.
This "Missing Persons" poster emphasizes the mindset of this disillusioned generation of which F. Scott Fitzgerald was a part. This genre intends to convey research information in a less "conventional" but straightforward way to allow students to engage more fully with the facts and consider what this information suggests about the literature.