The 1920’s in America was a time filled with excess wealth, illegal drinking, jazz music, feminism, and an unbelievable amount of rich people and people who wished they could be rich people. The 1920’s were the pinnacle of the American Dream; it was the most realistic representation behind America’s consumerism and wealth. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a prime example of the ideal American in the 20’s. His life style was extravagant, he and his wife traveled between New York, Paris and the Riviera many times throughout their lives and was one of the more well-educated and highly respected man of his time. This time in America was full of many people pretending to be that filthy rich person that most people think of when they think of the 1920’s.
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Scott Fitzgerald uses the colors white, yellow, and blue to help emphasize the corruption and artificial world that was the nineteen twenties in order to prove that people will always be unsatisfied if all they care about and want in life is …show more content…
The two men walk into the room where Daisy and Jordan are, Nick describes, “They were both in white, their dresses rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (8). Daisy and Jordan, Daisy in particular, are described in white and white throughout the entirety of the novel. They are also described here as fairies, who, in the time period of this book, were believed to be bad, mischievous creatures and were usually blamed for the deaths in old folklore. The whiteness and light fluttery fairy-like description that Nick gives to these girls shows that they are the epitome of the American Dream, they embody what so many people she they were, and yet, they themselves wish they were other people. Daisy has all of the money in the world, and yet she is not content with her life, she instead wishes she could go off and live with Gatsby, and leave behind her cheating husband, but she cannot do so if she is not willing to give up her money and social stature, therefore
Scott Fitzgerald uses the colors white, yellow, and blue to help emphasize the corruption and artificial world that was the nineteen twenties in order to prove that people will always be unsatisfied if all they care about and want in life is …show more content…
The two men walk into the room where Daisy and Jordan are, Nick describes, “They were both in white, their dresses rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house” (8). Daisy and Jordan, Daisy in particular, are described in white and white throughout the entirety of the novel. They are also described here as fairies, who, in the time period of this book, were believed to be bad, mischievous creatures and were usually blamed for the deaths in old folklore. The whiteness and light fluttery fairy-like description that Nick gives to these girls shows that they are the epitome of the American Dream, they embody what so many people she they were, and yet, they themselves wish they were other people. Daisy has all of the money in the world, and yet she is not content with her life, she instead wishes she could go off and live with Gatsby, and leave behind her cheating husband, but she cannot do so if she is not willing to give up her money and social stature, therefore