MAJOR THEMES IN THE NOVEL
The Decline of the American Dream in 1920s Though the novel revolves around the love of Daisy and Gatsby, the main focus of the novel is to bring out the concept how the American dream has got corrupted. It brings out the historical fact how the life of people in America had an unrestrained desire for money and pleasure. It tells how people left the conventional values and followed their own values to become rich. It shows the sudden rise of stock market in America after the World War I, which made the country rich and wealthy. In the novel, the ‘old money’ people like Nick and Gatsby struggle in the country to show their powers. In the novel, East Egg represents the established aristocracy and West Egg the self-made rich. The novel also brings out how bootlegging has risen in America during the twentieth century.
Women in the 1920s After the World War I, women got a lot of freedom to work and to be independent and live their life on their own. This freedom also changed their attitude. They forgot their role of nurturing the family and they started to live their life in their own way. In the novel, a perfect example of the …show more content…
It is an age, in which people never cared about anything. They enjoyed their life to the fullest. This theme is beautifully portrayed by the novelist in The Great Gatsby. The parties thrown by Gatsby, show how people did not bother about money. It also shows how people came to the parties without being invited and some without even knowing who the host is. The dressing style in jazz age was also very interesting. Even in the novel we can see how people are dressed in a very unique way. ‘golden and silver slippers’, ‘shawls beyond the dream of Castile’ tells the readers about the dressing style of Jazz age. The protagonist Gatsby himself is a best example where he appears ‘in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-coloured
The Decline of the American Dream in 1920s Though the novel revolves around the love of Daisy and Gatsby, the main focus of the novel is to bring out the concept how the American dream has got corrupted. It brings out the historical fact how the life of people in America had an unrestrained desire for money and pleasure. It tells how people left the conventional values and followed their own values to become rich. It shows the sudden rise of stock market in America after the World War I, which made the country rich and wealthy. In the novel, the ‘old money’ people like Nick and Gatsby struggle in the country to show their powers. In the novel, East Egg represents the established aristocracy and West Egg the self-made rich. The novel also brings out how bootlegging has risen in America during the twentieth century.
Women in the 1920s After the World War I, women got a lot of freedom to work and to be independent and live their life on their own. This freedom also changed their attitude. They forgot their role of nurturing the family and they started to live their life in their own way. In the novel, a perfect example of the …show more content…
It is an age, in which people never cared about anything. They enjoyed their life to the fullest. This theme is beautifully portrayed by the novelist in The Great Gatsby. The parties thrown by Gatsby, show how people did not bother about money. It also shows how people came to the parties without being invited and some without even knowing who the host is. The dressing style in jazz age was also very interesting. Even in the novel we can see how people are dressed in a very unique way. ‘golden and silver slippers’, ‘shawls beyond the dream of Castile’ tells the readers about the dressing style of Jazz age. The protagonist Gatsby himself is a best example where he appears ‘in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-coloured