Fitzgerald was a rare man for his time. He wrote some of the greatest books like The Great Gatsby and Save Me Waltz. His life was filled with little gain and far more tragedy. A lot of his stories reflect his life and the American Society during the Jazz age. He is seen today with another number of people as a part of the “Lost Generation” of the 1920s. He did have humble beginnings though. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota (Harmon). He moved from school to school before joining the army as a second lieutenant (Harmon). His first work was a story called This Side of Paradise, it is a story about a wealthy Princeton
II. 1920’s Topic The American society is always changing and evolving with …show more content…
One of the most dangerous tracks was LeMans in France. In order to win this grand race, one has to travel the most amount of miles around the track in the 24 hour time limit (24 Hours of LeMans web). Bentley won a majority of the races there in the 20s (24 Hours of LeMans web). Speeds were as high as 125 MPH (24 Hours of LeMans web). This was the golden age of racing. Automobiles played a huge part of the 1920s. The wealthy were able to show off their wealth and class. Engines were able to propel people to high speeds and shoot down the racetrack faster than a bullet. A car was more than a car, it cast back at people as way to show their personality. It was a time to be alive. It was just another era that the American society thrived in.
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The Great Gatsby was a very iconic book of its times. The characters in there seemed so real that they could have jumped out of the pages. Materialism plays a huge part of the plot with the characters and the plot in The Great Gatsby. Materialism is to feel comfort over physical objects. It shows up in every chapter it seems. Gatsby played a huge part in the story showing how the American people were under the curse of materialism at that time. According to Edwin S. Fussel, Jay Gatsby is taken as the product of and the manifestation of those motivations of those caught up in the “American
II. 1920’s Topic The American society is always changing and evolving with …show more content…
One of the most dangerous tracks was LeMans in France. In order to win this grand race, one has to travel the most amount of miles around the track in the 24 hour time limit (24 Hours of LeMans web). Bentley won a majority of the races there in the 20s (24 Hours of LeMans web). Speeds were as high as 125 MPH (24 Hours of LeMans web). This was the golden age of racing. Automobiles played a huge part of the 1920s. The wealthy were able to show off their wealth and class. Engines were able to propel people to high speeds and shoot down the racetrack faster than a bullet. A car was more than a car, it cast back at people as way to show their personality. It was a time to be alive. It was just another era that the American society thrived in.
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The Great Gatsby was a very iconic book of its times. The characters in there seemed so real that they could have jumped out of the pages. Materialism plays a huge part of the plot with the characters and the plot in The Great Gatsby. Materialism is to feel comfort over physical objects. It shows up in every chapter it seems. Gatsby played a huge part in the story showing how the American people were under the curse of materialism at that time. According to Edwin S. Fussel, Jay Gatsby is taken as the product of and the manifestation of those motivations of those caught up in the “American