Masculinity Gatsby and grapes

• overall argument 


  Both Fitzgerald and Steinbeck argue the idea of individualism as men are supposed to compete not work together and the nostalgia of the frontier. Fitzgerald romanticises the views of the past and is critical of how men are unable to achieve the traditional ideal of a man anymore. Steinbeck argues that the previous masculinity has led to what masculinity is like today as men have no purpose.
• Gatsby 1 - men caring about material wealth and status 


  Swollen here and there in its monstrous length". "well-rounded man". "Nevada silver fields of Yukon". "men find responsibility in re-establishing themselves by admitting to their crimes and accepting their punishment"
• Gatsby 1 critics 


  Morgan "Gatsby worships a sophistication he does not own, thus the earnestness of his striving' millgate "gatsbys story is suddenly extended into a parable man's fate"
• Gatsby 2 - masculinity has a downfall or crisis of masculinity


  "the deubachee pioneer". "mr nobody from nowhere". "what remained of the millions went to Ella Kaye". "these newly rich people are just bootleggers"
• Gatsby 2 critic 


  roosevelt "one cannot bring up boys to be eagles and then expect them to be sparrows"
• grapes 1 - there is only one job/capitalism/ community falls apart "

  "unwrapping of the sandwiches, and their hunger-sharpened noses smelled the pickle, cheese and spam". "what you doing this kind of work for against your people?" "but you're three dollars a day means fifteen or twenty families can't eat all day". "got to think of my own kids"
• grapes 1 critic 


  ghandi "manliness consists not in bluff, bravado to loneliness. It consists in doing the right thing and acting consequences" adichie "making them feel like they have to be hard"
• grapes 2 - leaving behind history to enter the future for possible wealth - providing for family 


  "sell 'em for what you can get". "the journey west". "frantically they loaded up the cars and drove away, drove in the dust"
• grapes 2 critic 


  Williamson "in a world where men... were defined by their labour and land ownership is to thrust men in to more than just an economic crisis"
• Gatsby context


  masculity is defined by wealth, status, material possessions and dominance. Gatsby confirms the notations of masculinity must be showed off to determine your level of masculity. Men have become a lot more individualistic.
• grapes context 


  the men are experience a crisis of masculity due to the dust bowl and the great depression and they have lost their jobs in farming so they can no longer provide foe their families so have to migrate in hope to find work. Masculinity is defined as being the breadwinner and having a job.