Durg Prohibn, gay nightlife and culture reached new heights—at least temporarily.
Contents:
- WHAT IS THE SIGNIFINCE OF NICK BEG GAY THE GREAT GATSBY?
- NICK CARRAWAY IS GAY AND LOVE WH GATSBY
- HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFINCE OF NICK BEG GAY THE GREAT GATSBY?
And wh that ado has e a rurgence of tert Nick Carraway’s unclear sexual orientatn — somethg you probably missed as a high school sophomore, but is obv wh even a ltle attentn as an adult rear. Earlier the year, an article at Salon, Greg Olear poted out that naggg passage that suggts Nick’s homosexualy, ntled between those ellips and g directly off of a blatant penis joke. And today The Atlantic, Noah Berlatsky argu that Baz Luhrman’s new film adaptatn suffers om not beg gay enough, and thereby unrmg Nick’s character and elimatg his nnectn to Gatsby based on “their shared need for ceptn.
NICK CARRAWAY IS GAY AND LOVE WH GATSBY
”On the other hand, Olear argu that the reason Nick’s homosexualy is important is bee reveals him as an unreliable narrator. ’ And that’s why matters that Nick is gay and love wh Gatsby: bee Tom’s asssment is spot-on, but Nick will never adm .
HOW GAY CULTURE BLOSSOMED DURG THE ROARG TWENTI
But what do the slippery prentatn of Nick’s sexual preferenc reveal about Fzgerald’s attus towards homosexualy?