Flapper

Has anyone ever realized how important things women have done in history ? “The women know that life must go on and that the needs of life must be met and it is their courage and determination which, time and again, have pulled us through worse crises than the present one.”(Susan Wave). Women did everything that was needed for them to survive the issue they were living in. Women worked hard to earn equal rights in society.…

Sacco and Vanzetti: Ballistic Fingerprinting The 1920’s or the roaring twenties as it is commonly referred to, ushered in an era of gangsters, flapper dresses, the post war red scare, and one of the most politically charged trials of the decade (Newby, 2007). During this period in American history there were high tensions of racial, ethnic, and political intolerance. The backlash of said intolerance bore fear in the hearts of many; living in fear of being labeled a communist. The era saw an…

ignore their senses. For example, Gulliver says, “the husband is always so rapt in speculation, that the mistress and the lover may proceed to the greatest familiarities before his face, if he be but provided with paper and implements, and without his flapper at his side” (154). This shows that shapes, equations, and numbers are so important to the Laputans that they have lost their human quality. Their lives are so void of emotions and sentiments because their priorities are simply to acquire…

Do Not Judge a Book By It’s Cover Money can buy fast cars and designer clothing, luxurious mansions and the latest technology. The wealthy travel the world, throw lavish parties and can buy anything in an instant. Due to this seemingly posh lifestyle, many strive for wealth in hopes that it will improve their their lives and create happiness. This theory that money leads to happiness and prosperity is disproved in Scott Fitzgerald’s classic The Great Gatsby, set in the opulent 1920’s. Although…

The past century has done much to bring women’s rights and equality to new highs in the Western world, from granting women the vote, to increased economic, and personal freedoms. World War One can be held in part responsible for this expansion of horizons for women that would then continue on for the remainder of the 20th century. However, issues women faced during that time still continue to impact women today. World War one was not only a time of great change on the battlefield, the…

of Gatsby are portrayed to be simply accessories to the narrator 's plot. While yes, this does reflect the period in which the novel is set in that women were viewed as second class citizens even after gaining suffrage and the enactment of the “flapper-esque era,” I take the narrator’s lack of focus on the women except for highlighting all the bad in their lives as implication into Nick Carraway’s lifestyle choices. It seems that Nick has nothing good to say about women yet he sings the…

Truslow Adams, an American writer, once stated that all women and men should have the ability to achieve the American Dream. Is it ridicules to say that the American culture says that all can start from nothing and form it into something? Well, Truslow Adams’s ideal about all being able to achieve the American Dream is false. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald the characters that are trying to achieve the American Dream by making their lives better but fail to reach it. In The Crucible,…

wasn’t much of a drinker. I mean no one was if you asked because of prohibition, but I truly wasn’t. I never had a reason to. I figured though if I am going to spend the last of my money, it mays well be buying some bootleg and flirting with a few flappers. I sat down at the bar and opened my wallet, almost wincing in pain as I handed over some of my final bills. “Hard day with the stocks fella?” a sweet voice asked. I looked up to see gorgeous…

glamour and sex appeal. Many of the women’s costumes were quite risqué for the time period. Jordan’s low cut slinky dress at Gatsby’s first party looked more like a cocktail dress taken from a high fashion runway in present day than something a stylish flapper in the early 1920s would wear. All of Myrtles clothing is stark and bright compared to the rest of the female cast. She often dons red colors and they are usually low cut and vivaciously form fitting. Daisy wears sweet but sheer clothing,…

Advantages Of Power Power is very wanted just like people want happiness. Power and happiness are both essentials in life that are very sought after, yet certain individuals are not capable of receiving either one throughout their life. In Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck fight for who has the most power is talked about quite often. George and Lennie have a friendship like no other. In Of Mice and Men the reader will feel apart of the story and can relate to the many of the ups and downs that…