F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Things They Carried
Modern Society
Today in our society everything seems normal to us, all the technology, the way people talk, our economy, everything. But you might be surprised to know that things weren't always like this, infact all of this happened in the last 100 years or so. In the last 100 years our Technology, War, and Society has drastically changed.
First of all War back then was very different from what now, our tactics, weapons, and even experiences were not as cruel as they are now. Back then people use to love telling their own war story how brave they were but about 100 years ago all of that changed. In the article The Things They Carried the author was asked by his daughter if he had ever killed someone in war (Vietnam war) and if that …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald. In this very glamorous book you get to see the new cars that are coming out, as well as new music, guns, radio, and so much more. Everyone was crazy about all of the inventions that were coming out. The 20s were the life of the party for the 1900s with all of the new inventions and all the freedom people were getting. In the Great Gatsby the talk of war was also mentioned. During 1914-1918 all of Europe and North America were trying to beat each other in the great arms race. Nation after nation each one of them were either coming out with a new gun or tank, even airplanes which were introduced later on in the war. All of these things were new people and they were excited about it all. Outside of the battlefield new weapons were also hitting the streets, the Tommy gun was used a lot by gangs and even police later on. Crime had a new face in the 20s and it took a while for the police departments to catch up with them, because before all of these new weapons the gang leaders had to work harder to escape and to protect themselves but with the new technology they got the upper hand in the wild goose chase they were in. With of these new inventions the confidence of people grew and they weren't all …show more content…
It's probably going to change in a few years or so but that's the beauty of it all, life is always changing there is always going to be a new something, weather it be a new shout to be heard or so that group of people can be seen as equals, there is always going to be some new technology but it's how people respond to it that insures our future. Society always needs to have an open mind about things so things don't go into chaos. If people can manage that society will be
Today in our society everything seems normal to us, all the technology, the way people talk, our economy, everything. But you might be surprised to know that things weren't always like this, infact all of this happened in the last 100 years or so. In the last 100 years our Technology, War, and Society has drastically changed.
First of all War back then was very different from what now, our tactics, weapons, and even experiences were not as cruel as they are now. Back then people use to love telling their own war story how brave they were but about 100 years ago all of that changed. In the article The Things They Carried the author was asked by his daughter if he had ever killed someone in war (Vietnam war) and if that …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald. In this very glamorous book you get to see the new cars that are coming out, as well as new music, guns, radio, and so much more. Everyone was crazy about all of the inventions that were coming out. The 20s were the life of the party for the 1900s with all of the new inventions and all the freedom people were getting. In the Great Gatsby the talk of war was also mentioned. During 1914-1918 all of Europe and North America were trying to beat each other in the great arms race. Nation after nation each one of them were either coming out with a new gun or tank, even airplanes which were introduced later on in the war. All of these things were new people and they were excited about it all. Outside of the battlefield new weapons were also hitting the streets, the Tommy gun was used a lot by gangs and even police later on. Crime had a new face in the 20s and it took a while for the police departments to catch up with them, because before all of these new weapons the gang leaders had to work harder to escape and to protect themselves but with the new technology they got the upper hand in the wild goose chase they were in. With of these new inventions the confidence of people grew and they weren't all …show more content…
It's probably going to change in a few years or so but that's the beauty of it all, life is always changing there is always going to be a new something, weather it be a new shout to be heard or so that group of people can be seen as equals, there is always going to be some new technology but it's how people respond to it that insures our future. Society always needs to have an open mind about things so things don't go into chaos. If people can manage that society will be