A radio would not have been able to be heard over all of the people there, while the orchestra could. As for entertainment, there was already alcohol to make the partiers themselves entertaining to watch (Fitzgerald 40). If that was not enough, then the options of listening to people gossip about Gatsby and listening to the singer that was there in the third chapter were also available (Fitzgerald 44, 51). In conclusion, while the radio played a role in making the Roaring Twenties roar, The Great Gatsby just did not need
A radio would not have been able to be heard over all of the people there, while the orchestra could. As for entertainment, there was already alcohol to make the partiers themselves entertaining to watch (Fitzgerald 40). If that was not enough, then the options of listening to people gossip about Gatsby and listening to the singer that was there in the third chapter were also available (Fitzgerald 44, 51). In conclusion, while the radio played a role in making the Roaring Twenties roar, The Great Gatsby just did not need