During this time some freedoms were being expanded while others were being restricted. In the 20’s our country was in a time of prohibition. The sale of alcohol was illegal in the Unites States so every bar or any place that strictly sold alcohol had to close down. The role of prohibition played a big role in the novel The Great Gatsby. In this novel the sale of alcohol is illegal at the time. Even though it is illegal Gatsby still sells it and this is how he makes most of his money. He sells it out of alleged drug stores. This points back to the corrupted American dream illustrated through Gatsby. He takes short cuts to get wealth which is not the way to obtain the American dream. A little irony is also shown in this novel when Tom Buchannan ridicules Gatsby for selling liquor when Tom himself drinks liquor. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that even though alcohol was illegal people in the 20’s still found ways to get their hands on
During this time some freedoms were being expanded while others were being restricted. In the 20’s our country was in a time of prohibition. The sale of alcohol was illegal in the Unites States so every bar or any place that strictly sold alcohol had to close down. The role of prohibition played a big role in the novel The Great Gatsby. In this novel the sale of alcohol is illegal at the time. Even though it is illegal Gatsby still sells it and this is how he makes most of his money. He sells it out of alleged drug stores. This points back to the corrupted American dream illustrated through Gatsby. He takes short cuts to get wealth which is not the way to obtain the American dream. A little irony is also shown in this novel when Tom Buchannan ridicules Gatsby for selling liquor when Tom himself drinks liquor. F. Scott Fitzgerald shows that even though alcohol was illegal people in the 20’s still found ways to get their hands on