A poet named Erin Van Vuren once wrote, “I will not be another flower, picked for my beauty and left to die.” The United States during the 1920s era consisted of social and political change that F. Scott Fitzgerald captured in his writing. This new era consisted of contemporary music known as jazz, prohibition, and technological breakthroughs such as radio arose. The American Dream, an idealistic train of thought that incorporated US citizens obtaining equal opportunities to achieve success and prosperity all built on hard-work, determination, and initiative, was on most agendas, however this delusion slowly came to a halt once it was made clear that it was nothing more than an idea. This then largely impacted how Fitzgerald wrote and how all
