Flapper

For a brief time in the 1930s, American life was represented by Hollywood films in a way it had never been before—and in a way that for decades after, it was not. Social and political conversations flowed as freely as the alcohol served, people made ambiguous decisions, and there was no air of inhibition around sex or sexuality. This led to women being portrayed as, well, the actual human beings they were, with full and diverse lives and personalities. Women were able to control their own images…

Only few American Authors could have one of their novels considered the greatest ever written and have five movie adaptations of it. This critically acclaimed author lived during America’s Jazz age, an era where the U.S was involved in cultural change and few authors could truly depict what was happening. Fitzgerald distinguished himself as an esteemed author through his unique writing style achieving his legendary fame within this era. Fitzgerald’s most unequivocal traits are in correlation…

1. US cultural clash 1920 One of the cultural clashes during this period was on prohibition, where there was an effort to ban the consumption of alcohol. A constitutional amendment was passed that banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. This caused a major clash between those who favored the move and those who wanted it repealed. Protestant religious groups and other fundamentalists highly favored the move as they saw alcohol as a contributor to social evil.…

The introduction to Gillion’s novel the 10 days that unexpectedly changed America strays away from well-known dates and explores the other parts of history from constitutional to cultural and answering so very important and intriguing topics open for discussion along the way in just 10 overlooked events in American history. Also telling us Puritans play a major part as “the original sources”. The epilogue, shows us that there are many surprising and unknown things in America’s history that…

Vehemently debated in American history, the Prohibition Era affected many American lives during the 1920’s as the country reformed social and political principles. Despite the ban on alcohol throughout the nation the wealthy ignored the law and partied on, drinking carelessly without any worries or responsibilities. Liquor flowed into major cities in quantities greater than ever before, enticing the wealthy to continue their reckless behavior. Although the original purpose of the Eighteenth…

tells of a time when lavish parties were an everyday thing. Above all, The Great Gatsby shows how the drive to achieve the elusive “American Dream” can corrupt oneself. Best remembered as a decade of prosperity and dissipation, and of jazz bands and flappers, the “Roaring Twenties” or “Jazz Age” was a time to be alive. “I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.” (Fitzgerald 46) For the first time, more Americans were living in cities…

faire was introduced. This meant that people could earn profit in any way and the government would not try to disrupt or stop their way of income. This all provoked involvement in entertainment, wealth and goods. It increased the rise in gangsters, flapper, shares, prohibition, electricity and of course credit; which gave this era it prominent name, ‘The Roaring Twenties’. While there were many people in the city who…

F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most renowned American authors in the 1920s. He has written many novels including, The Great Gatsby and The Side of Paradise. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer. Through all the trials he faced in his short life, he still managed to make time to write. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writings was influenced by all of the alcohol he consumed, his loving, yet insane wife Zelda, and the years he spent at Princeton. Alcohol was seen throughout his…

Alleynia Alvarado Dr LaChandra Fitzgerald English 3B 16 May 2016 Roaring twenties What events impacted the roaring twenties? The roaring twenties also known as the jazz are post world war 1 and many other names. The 1920s was an exciting historical era that was filled with music art parties an a economic boom which influenced many writers and artist. The war had just ended everyone was happy people just wanted to celebrate have fun party. Women had just gotten the right to vote they felt…

demanded and won the right to vote in 1920 through the efforts of past suffrage leaders and present prohibitionists. After which, women became more confident and “out-there” than ever before. For many, the culture of the 1920s was epitomized by the flapper, the adventurous “new woman” who rejected the sexual double standards and flouted conventional codes of behavior. By 1929, there was a 24% rise of women working since the beginning of the decade, totalling to a whopping 10 million working…