American+Overindulgence

American Overindulgence "Vast, Vulgar, and meretricious beauty." -The Great Gatsby pg. 98


 * McD's Pizza **


 * Class Cyd **


 * Diamonds **


 * Imperial Oil - Strathcona Refinery **

...I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailor's eyes- a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment must have held his breath in the presence of the continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. -The Great Gatsby, pg. 180

This wall is to display American Overindulgence, beginning with a quote from //The Great Gatsby//, talking about  picture of a hamburger to show the American gluttony. It is evident in the food that is uniquely American. The next picture is an older one of a woman in a fur coat in a nice car, showing materialism. This materialism theme continues with an image of diamonds. The next image is one of an oil refinery, because America is dependent on oil. We continue to use oil even though we shouldn’t, and we know we shouldn’t. Everything on this wall is supposed to relate to American excess, whether in diamonds or cars or fur coats, or oil. These are all things we don’t need, but think we need, and overindulge in. The wall concludes with another quote from //The Great Gatsby// in which the under-appreciation of Americans of America, and how the wonder must have inspired, and how that has diminished over time.

American Cruelty