Summary Of On Being An American In The Great Gatsby

The authors of the three texts provide a deeper understanding of what it means to be an american during the 1920s, by describing the lifestyle of americans in 1920s. First, H. L. Mencken in, On Being An American, he describes the happy and prosperous lives of americans. Second, Edna St. Vincent Millay in, I Like Americans, she described the safety, happiness, and prosperity of an american. Finally, F. Scott Fitzgerald in, The Great Gatsby, he described the parties, prosperity, and laughter in an american’s life in the 1920s. Each author of the three describes an aspect of the american life during the 1920s in their unique way. H. L. Mencken in, On Being An American, very clearly states that a person can never say that they were unhappy in the United States during the 1920s. As he said, “it is a sheer physical impossibility for such a man to live in These States and not be happy.” He then goes on to describe the joy of the people in that Era, as he said, “laugh himself to sleep every night.” He also described how easy it is to be rich in the 1920s, he basically says that simply by believing in yourself enough and with
Vincent Millay described in, I Like Americans, in which she clearly states that americans are the nicest people in the world. Then she goes on to mention aspects of the american lifestyle during the 1920s. For example, which she said, “They sleep with their windows open,” which indicates safety and trust between the people, which is not found in various countries around the world until this day. She also mentions that the people of that time were not poor, as we can see when she says, “their bathtubs are never dry,” also, when she said, “they give the matches free.” We can see that people of the time had almost no since of conservation, which indicates that they had superfluous amount of resources, whether it be money or other resources, in this case