The Roaring Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a celebrated American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is told by Nick Carraway, a man of the middle class who moves to New York. He finds out that his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is one of the wealthiest people in the country. A story full of love, betrayal, and lies, The Great Gatsby gives the reader a glimpse of the 1920’s by the particular use of language, the descriptions of New York, and the popular culture.
First of all, the use of different terms and words. It is not strange that the reader might be confused by the use of certain terms in the book; the language from almost a century ago was really different from the one used now. One of the most recurrent terms is used by Gatsby, who calls Nick “old sport”, and uses it all throughout the book: "They can 't get him, old sport. He 's a smart man" (118). Gatsby picked the usage of that phrase …show more content…
As it was mentioned before, Gatsby would host great parties; people would invite themselves to those celebrations, always wearing their best clothes special for the occasion, they would dance to jazz music, an essential part of that decade, and they obviously had the typical dances. Photography was evolving, too. Mr. Mckee, a friend of Tom’s, is a photographer who likes to take picture of different things. His wife and Mrs. Wilson are friends who love having their portraits, thus, the reader can notice their extreme vanity, which was a huge element of that time.
The Great Gatsby gives the audience an accurate picture of the 1920’s: the vocabulary, the conditions people lived in, and the advances in art and technology. It creates a window to connect people from the present to the past, criticizing the ostentation of wealthy people, but also showing their human side and their flaws. Fitzgerald did a magnificent work at capturing the beauty and the excitement of the roaring twenties, immortalizing this period of time
The Great Gatsby is a celebrated American novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The story is told by Nick Carraway, a man of the middle class who moves to New York. He finds out that his neighbor, Jay Gatsby, is one of the wealthiest people in the country. A story full of love, betrayal, and lies, The Great Gatsby gives the reader a glimpse of the 1920’s by the particular use of language, the descriptions of New York, and the popular culture.
First of all, the use of different terms and words. It is not strange that the reader might be confused by the use of certain terms in the book; the language from almost a century ago was really different from the one used now. One of the most recurrent terms is used by Gatsby, who calls Nick “old sport”, and uses it all throughout the book: "They can 't get him, old sport. He 's a smart man" (118). Gatsby picked the usage of that phrase …show more content…
As it was mentioned before, Gatsby would host great parties; people would invite themselves to those celebrations, always wearing their best clothes special for the occasion, they would dance to jazz music, an essential part of that decade, and they obviously had the typical dances. Photography was evolving, too. Mr. Mckee, a friend of Tom’s, is a photographer who likes to take picture of different things. His wife and Mrs. Wilson are friends who love having their portraits, thus, the reader can notice their extreme vanity, which was a huge element of that time.
The Great Gatsby gives the audience an accurate picture of the 1920’s: the vocabulary, the conditions people lived in, and the advances in art and technology. It creates a window to connect people from the present to the past, criticizing the ostentation of wealthy people, but also showing their human side and their flaws. Fitzgerald did a magnificent work at capturing the beauty and the excitement of the roaring twenties, immortalizing this period of time