In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "Just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had." (Chapter 1, Paragraph 1-3, The Great Gatsby). In Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, we are introduced with the story of Jay Gatsby, a poor boy of mysterious origins who rises to great wealth and prestige. In 1922, a young man from Minnesota named Nick Carraway moves to New York, where he rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island. Nick reflects that just as Gatsby’s dream of Daisy was corrupted by money and deceptive nature, the American long for joy and independence
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The growth of cities, the rise of consumer culture and the upsurge of mass entertainment spoke to freedom from the confinements of the nation’s Victorian past. The 1920’s was known as an era of change. Women had at long last earned the privilege to vote, and their hard-battled fairness and freedom was reflected in their fashion– shorter hair styles, higher hemlines, and less curving silhouettes. Electronics like radios turned out to be more basic, especially in metropolitan houses. Conspicuous new auto designs moved down city roads. Credit was also invented so that more expensive items could be easily afforded. The stock market also played an important role in the wealthiest of families which all invested in stocks hoping to get richer. Scott Fitzgerald, in The Great Gatsby depicts the roaring twenties through careless lifestyles, attitudes of the wealthy and culture. Gatsby’s was well known for his extravagant parties and provided plenty for his guest. “There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and he champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched
The growth of cities, the rise of consumer culture and the upsurge of mass entertainment spoke to freedom from the confinements of the nation’s Victorian past. The 1920’s was known as an era of change. Women had at long last earned the privilege to vote, and their hard-battled fairness and freedom was reflected in their fashion– shorter hair styles, higher hemlines, and less curving silhouettes. Electronics like radios turned out to be more basic, especially in metropolitan houses. Conspicuous new auto designs moved down city roads. Credit was also invented so that more expensive items could be easily afforded. The stock market also played an important role in the wealthiest of families which all invested in stocks hoping to get richer. Scott Fitzgerald, in The Great Gatsby depicts the roaring twenties through careless lifestyles, attitudes of the wealthy and culture. Gatsby’s was well known for his extravagant parties and provided plenty for his guest. “There was music from my neighbor's house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and he champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched