The roaring 20’s was a period of growth, fun, partying, music and entertainment. The 20’s was the birth of new inventions and excitement, is was seen as the golden age of our time. Most people living in America during this time believed in achieving success through what we know as the American Dream, the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. The novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays how people in the 20’s believed and followed the American Dream, but it also shows how it dies. Jay Gatsby, the rich main character in the novel is shot by George Wilson, the lifeless, exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop. After shooting
