Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I: Crash Course English Literature #4
In which John Green explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby. John introduces you to Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and the other characters...
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Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course Literature.So the two books most often cited as the "Great American novel" are The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn and this slender beast, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The US is a countryfounded on the principles of freedom and equality; Huck Finn is a novel about slavery and radicalinequality. We're also a nation that believes in the American Dream. We pride ourselveson our lack of aristocracy and the equality of opportunity, but Gatsby is a novel aboutour de facto aristocracy and the limits of American Opportunity. I mean, Daisy Buchanan-Mr Green, I hate everything about this stupid collection of first world problems passingfor a novel, but my hatred of that Willa Cather-ing loser Da...
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Hi, I'm John Green, this is Crash Course Literature.So the two books most often cited as the "Great American novel" are The Adventures of HuckleberryFinn and this slender beast, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The US is a countryfounded on the principles of freedom and equality; Huck Finn is a novel about slavery and radicalinequality. We're also a nation that believes in the American Dream. We pride ourselveson our lack of aristocracy and the equality of opportunity, but Gatsby is a novel aboutour de facto aristocracy and the limits of American Opportunity. I mean, Daisy Buchanan-Mr Green, I hate everything about this stupid collection of first world problems passingfor a novel, but my hatred of that Willa Cather-ing loser Da...
