The 1920’s was one of the best eras of all time. The era roughly occur after World War I and ended with a stock market crash causing consumers and the government to go under depression. But at the beginning, society was changing, new technology was presented to consumers and the economy was booming to society. Slavery tends to fade away, plantations were smaller, and money was a easy target. *Fitzgerald 's novel the Great Gatsby portrays to the reader deeper views to what the U.S. was like living in the 20’s, and how it could affect us an individual both physically and mentally. Fitzgerald gives the reader details or ideas of what the atmosphere was like living in the 20’s. At the beginning of the novel, our narrator Nick Carraway tells us …show more content…
Most of our characters in the novel overreacted over the use of drinking too much alcohol. In the novel The great gatsby, Fitzgerald shows what alcohol symbolizes to our characters and how consumers in the 20’s portrays the use of too much alcohol. “I have been drunk just twice in my life and the second time was that afternoon so everything that happened has a dim hazy cast over it although until after eight o’clock the apartment was full of cheerful sun. Sitting on Tom’s lap Mrs. Wilson called up several people on the telephone; then there were no cigarettes and I went out to buy some at the drugstore on the corner. When I came back they had disappeared so I sat down discreetly in the living room and read a chapter of ‘Simon Called Peter’—either it was terrible stuff or the whiskey distorted things because it didn’t make any sense to me,” (Fitzgerald 33-35). Alcohol was the main reason why people seem to make them over reacted, and do things that you wouldn 't normally do. Nick is not the type of person who usually likes to get drunk, but seeing people around you doing it can motivated an individual to try it too. Tom and Mrs.Wilson’s friends were tempting Nick to try something that he normally doesn 't do. “Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name. ‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it …show more content…
"At first I was flattered to go places with her because she was a golf champion and everyone knew her name," (Fitzgerald 65). Jordan is known to be a professional golf player in the Great Gatsby. Everyone knows her and she a very wealthy woman. Many women in the Great Gatsby doesn 't have a stable career like Jordan and needs support from their husband to do the things that they want. "Women had enjoyed as much freedom as they could get in the 20’s. World War 1 was a way for women to take ownership over what the men left. It served as a liberating event in many ways. Throughout the National League for Women’s service, women took over jobs while men fought in war overseas. With this opportunity women were able to pay for their own things. They were financially stable and could obtain independence that their jobs gave them, " (Moss and Wilson pg.147). "In New York, you would usually found Flappers there. They were young women who wear short skirts, had short hair cuts and wear fancy jewelry and outfits," (Moss and Wilson pg.147). Flappers were a big thing back in the 20’s. They were mostly young women who wear flashy jewelry, short skirts and short hair cuts. Many men has left the U.S. to go fight overseas in world war I, which gave women just enough time to take over their jobs to stabilize themselves
So basically, the 1920's or “Roaring Twenties” was a time of major change for America as a nation. Just following the Great War America was on the fast track to new times. There was the model t car, the stock market boom and crash, the banning of alcohol, the radio, jazz music, women seeking independence, Americans seeking higher education, union strikes, the red scare, the death of President Harding and many more. Many people say this was an enjoyable time of constant dancing and entertainment galore, while others would say that the hardships of racism and poverty made this time period one of struggle and hardships. While others only remember the 1920's as the creation of mickey mouse or babe Ruth. This decade truly was “The Roaring Twenties”.
The 1920s was a time of conservatism and it was a time of great social change. From the world of fashion to the world of politics, forces clashed to produce the most explosive decade of the century. It was the age of prohibition, it was the age of prosperity, and it was the age of downfall.
In many ways, The Great Gatsby portrays the concept of conspicuous leisure as a defined trait among the wealthy and even the not-so-wealthy classes of America. It is used throughout the novel and especially among the women. Although, the men may not portray is quite as much, they are also often found guilty of this conspicuous leisure at some points within the novel. Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, James Gatsby (or Jay Gatz), Tom Buchanan, Meyer Wolfsheim, and even Dan Cody were all perfect examples of the effect of conspicuous leisure. This concept is not only held to the story of New York during the roaring twenties, however. It has been in existence for as long as human civilization first sought out differences between
The 1920’s, or rather known as the roaring twenties, were an exuberant era filled with prohibition, speakeasies, and wild youth. Within this time, the robust economy was booming with stocks increasing rapidly, causing people to get rich quick. During the twenties, life was brilliant with numerous opportunities including changes within politics, women’s rights and racial prejudice.
The 1920's was a time of change in the United States. “The Roaring Twenties” had an outstanding impact on the economy, social standards and everyday life. It was a time for positive results in the consumer goods industry and American families, because of higher wages, shorter working hours, and manufacturing was up 60% in consumer goods. But it was also a time of adversity and opposition for others, such as immigrants and farmers. Immigrants had lots of competition when they were looking for work and they weren't treated fairly by Americans, depending on where they came from and what they believed.
In the small parties there were many stupid decisions that came from drinking alcohol. One of them was how they stated that gatsby doesn't drink because he’d rather stay sober and make no mistake for when he sees his sweetheart. “It was so indirectly due to cody that gatsby drank so little.”(Fitzgerald 100). He later gets to see his nefarious crush and makes every gesture to make everything perfect before she presents herself. Another piece of evidence was the night before daisy was married she didn't feel emotionally well so she decided to drink an excessive amount of alcohol to mask her emotions and instead began to cry and make her herself look like a fool. “As drunk as a monkey”(Fitzgerald 76). She rarely drinks at parties but drinks excessively
In fact, it could be argued that Fitzgerald created an “...alter ego, Nick Caraway, [and] recalls wistfully the America of his youth” and the chaos of a transition to the eastern way of life through this character (Zeitz). Fitzgerald appeared to have a sense of contempt for the wealthy and it is evident in the way he often described them: “wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable become for a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light” (Fitzgerald 41). Fitzgerald was surrounded by these shallow, vivacious women and, logically, they would fill the background of the extraordinary parties that Scott and Zelda would attend. Besides accurately portraying the personalities of the jazz age, Fitzgerald also artfully recounted the historical aspects that his generation faced. The prohibition had little effect on the characters of the novel, as insinuated with Gatsby’s “drug store business”, just as it had little effect on the wealthy during the 1920’s. More Americans than ever could afford electricity, glassware, jewelry, and trips to the theater or an amusement park (Zeitz). The line between classes became more and more blurred as luxuries became easier to gain.
The 1920's was a time of change in the United States. For the first time in history, more people were living in cities than in the country. The United States was also wealthier than it had ever been. New methods of transport have been introduced. A lot more technology was also introduced, such as radios.
The 1920s in America, known as the "Roaring Twenties", was a time of celebration after a devastating war. It was a period of time in America characterised by prosperity and optimism. There was a general feeling of discontinuity associated with modernity and a break with traditions.
Alcohol turns some liver cells into fat and damages others. People often don 't know there they’re over doing it because the liver has no 'feeling ' in it so once they notice it 's already too late. Heavy drinking scars the liver and causes permanent damage which can cause death. Lastly, it also can have an effect on the growth of a teenager while there in the puberty stage. Drinking alcohol during this period of rapid growth and development may upset the critical hormonal balance
Lastly, during the 1920's alcohol grew popular. Although it was illegal many people still drank, bought, and/or sold it. In the novel, The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, characters drank often. For example, Daisy asked her husband, Tom, to open the whiskey so that she could make them a mint julep (Fitzgerald 42). A Mint Julep is an alcoholic beverage that consists of whiskey, mint, water, and sugar (“The Great Gatsby; Mint Julep.”). High balls, champagne and whiskey were also mentioned frequently throughout the novel. Due to the Prohibition era, a time when alcohol was deemed to be illegal, citizens hid and disguised their alcohol. They would sometimes use "slang words, such as " rot gut, panther sweat, monkey rum, tarantula juice,
Hugh Hefner once said, “I looked back on the roaring Twenties, with its jazz, 'Great Gatsby' and the pre-Code films as a party I had somehow managed to miss.” The parties of the Roaring Twenties were used to symbolize wealth and power in a society that was focused more on materialism and gossip than the important things in life, like family, security, and friends. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays the characters of Tom and Daisy Buchanan as the epitome of the era. The reader sees these characters acting selfishly and trying to meddle with others’ lives. On the other hand, Nick Carraway, the narrator, acts more to help others and act honestly. Initially the reader sees Carraway’s views towards Jay Gatsby as negative as Gatsby’s actions are perceived as being like the Buchanan’s. As the novel moves forward, the reader notices a change in Carraway’s attitude towards Gatsby. Carraway sees Gatsby for whom he truly is, and that is a loving person who only became rich to win Daisy’s heart. But in this the reader also sees how corrupt and hurtful Gatsby’s actions were to the love of his life. Gatsby’s relationship with Daisy reveals that just as Gatsby’s dream of wooing Daisy is corrupted by illegalities and dishonesty, the “American Dream” of friendship and individualism has disintegrated into the simple pursuit of wealth, power, and pleasure.
In Scott Fitzgerald’s writing, Great Gatsby, the reader will see his portrayal of the “roaring twenties” in America witch shows the downfall society and the loss of morality in the public. Fitzgerald’s fictional characters all help further show this breakdown in society through the eyes of our narriortor Nick Carraway. Nick gives the reader a firsthand look into the personal lives of some of New York’s wealthiest citizens Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby. The women of the time were just starting to break the mold of the idea that women are housewives and mothers before everything. With the introduction of the “flapper” in the 1920s woman felt more independent and powerful through the search of “pleasure, self-fulfillment and self-realization” (Glasgow 12). “Flappers” were women who wore more revealing scandalous clothes, drank and smoke, and more sexual then women of the past.
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Fitzgerald succeeds in portraying society’s superficial status through his descriptions of Gatsby himself, the guests, and the destruction of the party. Fitzgerald is able to present the larger picture; that in reality, today’s society is cruel. The humanity he shows in The Great Gatsby seems to be headed straight for ruin. The roaring 20s, manifested a time of substantial post-war economic growth, allowing Fitzgerald to clearly portray the hectic society. People will erroneously place their faith in superficial external means but fail to develop the compassion and sensitivity that, in fact, separate us humans from that of animals.