Roaring Twenties

During the 1920’s the Harlem Renaissance was happening. This was an explosion happened in New York. So many African Americans wanted to move up north because there were more job opportunities their than the South. They would be able to make money, have a job, and be free from all the bad stuff that was happening. This was after the civil war happened. Back then the still had the Jim Crow laws and dixie. In the Poem “One Way Ticket”, the author is telling us that he does not want to stay their…

“The change in woman & the shift in Feminine gender roles in the “roaring” 1920’s” by Frances Bullen This essay explores how the effect of gender movements changed during the flapper movement in the 1920’s, mainly focusing on the feminine gender roles. The roles of gender changed after ww1 and when the woman finally got the vote, Society changed for women after they got suffrage Received the right to vote and brought in prohibition. Historian Michael Lerner asserted, “women had the right to…

Past events in a person’s life sometimes have a heavy influence on their current life. A person will grasp onto certain aspects and allow them to influence them currently. The Great Gatsby, written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is focused on Jay Gatsby and his quixotic love for Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby devotes his life into creating the dream life he had planned for Daisy and himself. Jay Gatsby, formerly known as James Gatz, was born into the working-class on a North Dakota farm. Working on…

A Comparison of The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise While published in 1920, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, dealt with themes of class and love which continue to resonate today. Just four years later the author penned the novel for which he is perhaps best known, The Great Gatsby. Scholars have pointed to similarities in themes amongst Fitzgerald’s works including both The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise, however far less common is an analysis of how…

The Wealth and Amorality of the 20’s The 1920s became the age of the prosperity in the American society. With the endless stream of money coming from consumerism and excess, the human nature reveals its hidden face. In his masterpiece The Great Gatsby, Francis Scott Fitzgerald managed to reflect the state of the American society in all colors and shades. The author succeeds in exposing the reader to the extent of importance of wealth and social status creating the mise-en-scene and characters…

George Babbitt was able to represent the ideal American in the 1920s with his ability to be a community leader, support and advocate for prohibition, and establish himself has a capitalist. Babbitt was able to be a community leader with his connections to the church, being a captain of industry, and be in organizations that represented the core values of America in the 1920s. Babbitt was able to represent the ideal American in the 1920s by acting as a profit for the people of Zenith with his…

(Creative Title) In the American society in 19th century, was an era where Americans believe that success is defined as money and social class. People pursuit their dream of becoming wealthy, which is not only drive their lives forward, but in some situations over the edge of healthy or even to their deaths. The main characters Jay Gatsby and Willy Loman from both F. Scoot Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row dedicate their entire lives to pursuit of their dreams.…

In today’s society, people automatically associate more wealthy people with more happiness, but that is not always the case. F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his book The Great Gatsby, introduces readers to the opulent residents of the West Egg in New York. One specific character, Nick Carraway, a bond salesman, and avid observer of the party lifestyle, lives next door to a wealthy man by the name of Jay Gatsby. One night, he is cordially invited to a party thrown at the Gatsby residence. There, he…

Unclear of how the word first came into use, it is rumored that the term, “flapper” likely originated from pre-war England. The word was used to describe young women in their teens and twenties who were influenced by the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the principles that became popularized by actresses such as Clara Bow in print and films of the age. Given how new the character type was in America, the flapper was a figure that sparked much controversy and public debate in the 1920’s. As a…

In The Great Gatsby, the novel and the movie, the American dream is one of the main themes. Also, in comparison, the poem, Richard Cory written by Edwin Arlington Robinson, has the same theme. In the novel, Gatsby is a rich man living lavish. In the poem, Richard is a man from the 1890's who is "richer than a king" and "admirably schooled". He also was living the American dream. Although the novel and movie had many similarities, it also had many differences as did the poem and the novel. In…