Identify one social or cultural narrative that is invoked significantly in at least 1 of these 2 novels.Research its history and interpretation in recent scholarly writing. Explain its relation to the main story in both novels or, if it is absent or nearly absent from 1 novel, then explain this gap in terms of its social and historical causes, its narrative significance, or both.
Both The Great Gatsby (1925) and Black Thunder (1935) tell stories set in the United States at different times in its history. Each novel’s main characters move in a world full of references and allusions to larger stories about history, society, and humanity—both in the United States and, on occasion, around the world. The Great […]