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Season 4 Episode
- Season 1 How and Why We Read
- Season 1 Of Pentameter & Bear Baiting - Romeo & Juliet Part I
- Season 1 Love or Lust? Romeo and Juliet Part II
- Season 1 Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I
- Season 1 Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2
- Season 1 Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part 1
- Season 1 Holden, JD, and the Red Cap: The Catcher in the Rye Part 2
- Season 1 Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Crash Course Literature - Season 1 Episode 4 Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I
2.00 12 minutes 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 in the novel, and tries to look beyond the surface story to figure out what this thing is ABOUT. Set in the 1920's against a conflicted backdrop of prohibition and excess, The Great Gatsby takes a close look at the American Dream as it existed in Fitzgerald's time. It turns out, it had a lot to do with money and status, and it still does today. John will cover the rich symbolism of the novel, from the distant green light to the pale gold of wealth and decay. Also, Paris Hilton drops by.
