The Great Gatsby is the story of a very wealthy man, Jay Gatsby as told by Nick Carraway. Nick originally works in Manhattan, but is a Midwesterner who lives on Long Island. Gatsby’s gigantic mansion sits across from Carraway’s modest home, and Carraway eventually becomes a little curious about his new neighbor after being invited to one of his famous parties. Nick soon comes to realize that Jay is in love with Daisy Buchanan, which is Nick’s cousin and the wife of Tom Buchanan. Buchanan takes Nick for a day in the city, where /he learns that Tom had kept Myrtle, the wife of a long island mechanic, as a secret mistress. Carraway realized that Jay Gatsby, formally known as Jay Gatz, and Daisy had once been in love. Then, while Gatz was away
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Some problems included robberies, street fights between drunk men, and drunk men coming home and beating their wives. While inhibited, the Prohibition caused crime to pause for a short amount of time. Until it later turned into a larger issue when crime increased because of the tight control on alcohol. Prohibition affected the United States’ economy as well. The increase in crime costed the government a large amount of money. The money was spent on maintaining the prisoners that were behind bars because of the crimes they committed due to alcohol. Many people fought for their own right to consume alcohol legally and the tension between the wet—those who were against prohibition—and the dries—those who were for prohibition—increased largely (Negative Effects). Since consuming alcohol was never illegal, many people tended to make dangerous moonshine. The Prohibition lead to toxic moonshine. Many stills used lead coils or leading soldering, which gave off acetate of lead. Some bootleggers often added iodine or even embalming fluid, which could cause paralysis, blindness or even lead to death. In 1927, almost 12,000 people died from the intake of the toxic bootleg alcohol. An estimated 15,000 people were afflicted with “Jake Foot”, which consisted of a paralysis of the feet and hands. “Jake Foot” is caused by drinking alcohol flavored with ginger root that was legally distilled. Since selling and manufacturing of alcohol was in the movement of becoming illegal, many people lost their jobs. The closing of breweries, distilleries and saloons obviously led to an enormous loss of jobs. There was also a loss of jobs among truckers, barrel makers, glass workers, and hospitality workers. These were personal negative effects of the Prohibition. One surprising fact of the banning of alcohol was the popularization of the KKK. The KKK—Ku Klux Klan—was revived in Georgia in 1915 to defend the
Some problems included robberies, street fights between drunk men, and drunk men coming home and beating their wives. While inhibited, the Prohibition caused crime to pause for a short amount of time. Until it later turned into a larger issue when crime increased because of the tight control on alcohol. Prohibition affected the United States’ economy as well. The increase in crime costed the government a large amount of money. The money was spent on maintaining the prisoners that were behind bars because of the crimes they committed due to alcohol. Many people fought for their own right to consume alcohol legally and the tension between the wet—those who were against prohibition—and the dries—those who were for prohibition—increased largely (Negative Effects). Since consuming alcohol was never illegal, many people tended to make dangerous moonshine. The Prohibition lead to toxic moonshine. Many stills used lead coils or leading soldering, which gave off acetate of lead. Some bootleggers often added iodine or even embalming fluid, which could cause paralysis, blindness or even lead to death. In 1927, almost 12,000 people died from the intake of the toxic bootleg alcohol. An estimated 15,000 people were afflicted with “Jake Foot”, which consisted of a paralysis of the feet and hands. “Jake Foot” is caused by drinking alcohol flavored with ginger root that was legally distilled. Since selling and manufacturing of alcohol was in the movement of becoming illegal, many people lost their jobs. The closing of breweries, distilleries and saloons obviously led to an enormous loss of jobs. There was also a loss of jobs among truckers, barrel makers, glass workers, and hospitality workers. These were personal negative effects of the Prohibition. One surprising fact of the banning of alcohol was the popularization of the KKK. The KKK—Ku Klux Klan—was revived in Georgia in 1915 to defend the