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soph_sol t1_je6yf6b wrote

As a Canadian who had to read The Great Gatsby in English class as a teen....I do think it does a great job of depicting American values/ideals. And I did not like the book at all. :P

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RoseIsBadWolf t1_je7dc4v wrote

Also Canadian, also thought it was great at depicting American ideals.

I love the book though.

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Different-Carpet-159 OP t1_je7mtzy wrote

For the Canadians, what do think are the American ideals?

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RoseIsBadWolf t1_je7n9vx wrote

The American Dream, start at the bottom and work your way up to being a millionaire. Get the hot girl whom you don't really see as a person. Move to a coast (y'all love New York or California)

By the way, we consume a ton of your media and news (it gets boring up here). We're your slightly colder stalkers. We know everything about you.

I knew George Washington before I knew about John A. MacDonald (our first prime minister).

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Different-Carpet-159 OP t1_je7o4w1 wrote

I think your mostly right. Although, on a positive note, women are now as eligible for the American dream, I think. Social media seems to be dominated by women "living the dream".

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RoseIsBadWolf t1_je7okwi wrote

Whats great about TGG is that it shows for all America's bluster about throwing off the old ways , most rich people are still inheritors of generational wealth, the exact thing America was trying to escape from.

Daisy Buchanan would be at home in a Jane Austen novel. She doesn't marry the American Dreamer, she marries the trust fund kid who never has to work a day in his life.

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Different-Carpet-159 OP t1_je7on0z wrote

Also, Roseif you live outside of the urban areas do you think that affects what you think? Is there a city/rural devide?

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RoseIsBadWolf t1_je7pd5d wrote

Yes we have about the same rural/urban divide as the United States (my parents own a farm, I live in a city).

Check our election maps, the countryside is blue (conservative) and the cities are red (liberal) or yellow (NDP or very liberal).

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