As previously stated, the Roaring Twenties created a need for the common gangster. Men like Al Capone, Legs Diamond, and Machine Gun Kelly. These men personified the era, from prostitution, to gambling, to bootlegging they were involved in all illegal trades. Capone is the most infamous of these men, dealing in Chicago Capone was known for his many speakeasies around the city (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 2016, para. 1). The strength of the gangster allowed them to buy off the government, which of course could never happen in Brave New World. Huxley envisioned this prominent rise of the gangster and turned them into the Alpha class, a class that believed it was better than the others and held them to a lower standard. These bootleggers
