Glitz and glamour were used to describe the energetic age of the 1920s in American society. By creating a fantasy world where some of the most influential people have an excessive amount of money, The Great Gatsby leads many to think that the Jazz Age was anything but entertaining. In history, the time period was full of financial benefits and new roles for genders. It is remembered by economic prosperity, advances in technology and culture, and changing social roles. Men came home from the war, while women were getting more freedoms outside the home. Dancing and partying was popular, even though prohibition was passed. F. Scott Fitzgerald takes lavish scenes from this time period and turns them into a series of scandalous events, in which
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East Egg reflects high class society where the inhabitants by birth are wealthy, referred to as “old money”; the “new money”, this is, West Egg refers to those who are recently wealthy because of the economic boom and are less responsible. Tom Buchanan makes many mistakes throughout the play and Scott Donaldson explains, "... like Myrtle, he is guilty of a crucial error in judgment. They are alike unwilling or unable to comprehend that it is not money alone that matters, but money combined with secure social position" (Donaldson 3). This quote alludes to the fact that money cannot do everything, but a combination of money and power will go far in society. Money may lead to a high position in society, but power will provide influence over the over characters. Even throughout the novel, the author points out "...Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 167). The quote hints that "new money" characters go over board spending excessive amounts of money on lavish materials and destroys others lives, yet it seems to ruin them in the end. Gatsby 's death is caused by trying to impress Daisy. The upper class is careless with its property and has weakening values throughout the
East Egg reflects high class society where the inhabitants by birth are wealthy, referred to as “old money”; the “new money”, this is, West Egg refers to those who are recently wealthy because of the economic boom and are less responsible. Tom Buchanan makes many mistakes throughout the play and Scott Donaldson explains, "... like Myrtle, he is guilty of a crucial error in judgment. They are alike unwilling or unable to comprehend that it is not money alone that matters, but money combined with secure social position" (Donaldson 3). This quote alludes to the fact that money cannot do everything, but a combination of money and power will go far in society. Money may lead to a high position in society, but power will provide influence over the over characters. Even throughout the novel, the author points out "...Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (Fitzgerald 167). The quote hints that "new money" characters go over board spending excessive amounts of money on lavish materials and destroys others lives, yet it seems to ruin them in the end. Gatsby 's death is caused by trying to impress Daisy. The upper class is careless with its property and has weakening values throughout the