The Great Gatsby (1925) and Black Thunder (1935).
•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.