Ninety-six years ago, America had entered into a new and dangerous part of its history. Times were beginning to change and new lifestyles were available to anyone who sought after them. New found love, freedom, and most importantly money were all striving during the 1920s. This seemingly ravishing time period is summed up in the book, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald takes what the 1920’s appeared to provide others, and tells a story which not only teaches a powerful lesson, but sheds light on how corrupt this time period really was. The Great Gatsby serves as an accurate representation of the 1920s through the author’s life as well as through fashion, prohibition, and most importantly, wealth in the 1920s.
Fitzgerald truly understood the 1920s …show more content…
In the book, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby signed up for the army in 1917 and soon fell in love with a woman named Daisy. Though they were supposedly “in love”, Daisy refused to wait for Gatsby and ultimately was unhappy with the amount of money he had. Gatsby was born into a poor family; however, he eventually gained great wealth through illegally selling alcohol, as well as a small amount from an inheritance. Fitzgerald felt the importance of love and money in his own life, therefore he decided to include these two important aspects of the 1920’s into The Great …show more content…
Jay Gatsby needed money, so he resorted to bootlegging only to gain Daisy Buchanan’s attention and approval through his newfound fortune. Gatsby set up a chain of pharmacies and used them as outlets in which he illegally sold alcohol. Early on in the book, Gatsby confirms to Nick that the pharmacies are just a cover by asking him if he wants a job on the side. In chapter 7, Tom Buchanan takes things a step further and exposes Gatsby’s history of bootlegging by calling him a “common swindler” to Daisy. Prohibition destroyed the integrity of many during the 1920s, which is shown specifically through Jay Gatsby in The Great
Fitzgerald truly understood the 1920s …show more content…
In the book, The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby signed up for the army in 1917 and soon fell in love with a woman named Daisy. Though they were supposedly “in love”, Daisy refused to wait for Gatsby and ultimately was unhappy with the amount of money he had. Gatsby was born into a poor family; however, he eventually gained great wealth through illegally selling alcohol, as well as a small amount from an inheritance. Fitzgerald felt the importance of love and money in his own life, therefore he decided to include these two important aspects of the 1920’s into The Great …show more content…
Jay Gatsby needed money, so he resorted to bootlegging only to gain Daisy Buchanan’s attention and approval through his newfound fortune. Gatsby set up a chain of pharmacies and used them as outlets in which he illegally sold alcohol. Early on in the book, Gatsby confirms to Nick that the pharmacies are just a cover by asking him if he wants a job on the side. In chapter 7, Tom Buchanan takes things a step further and exposes Gatsby’s history of bootlegging by calling him a “common swindler” to Daisy. Prohibition destroyed the integrity of many during the 1920s, which is shown specifically through Jay Gatsby in The Great