The roaring 20’s people called it. Industry and development were high, and so were the businessmen. Behind closed doors in the extravagant parties thrown were the bootleggers, gangsters, stockmen; all there to make a profit before the unbeknownst Great Depression came. Alongside the antics of the men were the new women; the flappers, who had short hair, smoked, drank and most importantly, were beginning to have rights.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 tragic love story, ‘The Great Gatsby’ opens a time portal that takes you back to the 1920’s and can make you nostalgic for a life you never even lived.
‘The Great Gatsby’ takes place in varying fictional towns on Long Island. These towns include West Egg, the town for the newly wealthy, East Egg, the town for the old money, and the …show more content…
An accurate representation; it wasn’t called ‘The Roaring 20’s’ for nothing. The first World War had just ended, and in today’s terms, everyone thought in a ‘YOLO’ state of mind.
Fitzgerald quite thoroughly shows this in his novel, Gatsby’s great parties in particular. Everyone just wanted to have a good time, so they did. Fitzgerald portrayal of the 1920’s covers most, if not all areas; the people, the politics, the glitz and glamour.
Dramatic by nature, Fitzgerald’s presentation of events in the novel play a great contribution in shaping the story and the characters. In a world full of hens, Nick is a spring chick to immorality. The majority of events in the novel are immoral, leaving Nick flabbergasted often. This can be seen when Nick travels to New York with Tom and his mistress. This event is portrayed as overly secretive and licentious. However if it was or wasn’t that bad is open to interpretation, as Nick might see it to be more so than it really is. Fitzgerald’s reoccurring theme of immorality further adds to the story and the context of 1920’s New
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 tragic love story, ‘The Great Gatsby’ opens a time portal that takes you back to the 1920’s and can make you nostalgic for a life you never even lived.
‘The Great Gatsby’ takes place in varying fictional towns on Long Island. These towns include West Egg, the town for the newly wealthy, East Egg, the town for the old money, and the …show more content…
An accurate representation; it wasn’t called ‘The Roaring 20’s’ for nothing. The first World War had just ended, and in today’s terms, everyone thought in a ‘YOLO’ state of mind.
Fitzgerald quite thoroughly shows this in his novel, Gatsby’s great parties in particular. Everyone just wanted to have a good time, so they did. Fitzgerald portrayal of the 1920’s covers most, if not all areas; the people, the politics, the glitz and glamour.
Dramatic by nature, Fitzgerald’s presentation of events in the novel play a great contribution in shaping the story and the characters. In a world full of hens, Nick is a spring chick to immorality. The majority of events in the novel are immoral, leaving Nick flabbergasted often. This can be seen when Nick travels to New York with Tom and his mistress. This event is portrayed as overly secretive and licentious. However if it was or wasn’t that bad is open to interpretation, as Nick might see it to be more so than it really is. Fitzgerald’s reoccurring theme of immorality further adds to the story and the context of 1920’s New