The Roaring 1920’s
The 1920’s were a magnificent time for major changes. Not only did the economy turn around but so did the people. The plot of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses around this splendid time, and the characters definitely show the changes in society through the whole book. Although there are quite a lot of characters throughout the novel, a select few stand out when one is attempting to correlate the changes in the 1920’s to a characters actions, looks, and/or their demeanor. During the fictitious story, Daisy’s actions gave the reader a little bit of insight on how things were gradually changing and how attitudes and outlooks on situations were slowly becoming less judgmental. Another character that often gave the reader a feel of the 1920’s was Nick Caraway. The last character that I felt made it clear that the story was taking place during those roaring ten years was, whom the book was named after, Jay Gatsby. All of these characters also have a major part in defining the theme of the book, and without one character there would not be …show more content…
The characters in The Great Gatsby not only illustrated the theme of extreme greed and the lack of ethical values, but they also secretly portrayed the 1920’s as a whole. Daisy Buchanan was the first character that a reader could have correlated with this topic because of intense love for anyone with wealth. Another persona one could have believe to bring the 1920’s to life was Nick Caraway, because he often contradicted himself and made himself seem high and mighty. Finally, the character Jay Gatsby may have the reader thinking back on the 1920’s because of his negative role during the prohibition and how he thinks buying love is the best way to go. The book and characters had a defined voice that unequivocally showed the characteristics and values of the people and economy in the
The 1920’s were a magnificent time for major changes. Not only did the economy turn around but so did the people. The plot of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses around this splendid time, and the characters definitely show the changes in society through the whole book. Although there are quite a lot of characters throughout the novel, a select few stand out when one is attempting to correlate the changes in the 1920’s to a characters actions, looks, and/or their demeanor. During the fictitious story, Daisy’s actions gave the reader a little bit of insight on how things were gradually changing and how attitudes and outlooks on situations were slowly becoming less judgmental. Another character that often gave the reader a feel of the 1920’s was Nick Caraway. The last character that I felt made it clear that the story was taking place during those roaring ten years was, whom the book was named after, Jay Gatsby. All of these characters also have a major part in defining the theme of the book, and without one character there would not be …show more content…
The characters in The Great Gatsby not only illustrated the theme of extreme greed and the lack of ethical values, but they also secretly portrayed the 1920’s as a whole. Daisy Buchanan was the first character that a reader could have correlated with this topic because of intense love for anyone with wealth. Another persona one could have believe to bring the 1920’s to life was Nick Caraway, because he often contradicted himself and made himself seem high and mighty. Finally, the character Jay Gatsby may have the reader thinking back on the 1920’s because of his negative role during the prohibition and how he thinks buying love is the best way to go. The book and characters had a defined voice that unequivocally showed the characteristics and values of the people and economy in the