What Happened In The 1920's

The Lost Generation got it’s name from Ernest Hemingway, which he wrote in his novel, The Sun Also Rises, about this particular generation. The Lost Generation happened in the 1920’s and they were labeled the lost generation because as described in The Twenties, sections 4 Mass Media and the Jazz Age, “...greedy, materialistic world that lacked moral values.” In The Lost Generation Americans grew unsatisfied with their way of living, so people moved to different parts of Europe since it was know as a place for creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. Our current generation we live in is more advanced. We expect things more instantly and there’s a tendency to crave new and unseen things as our own entertainment. This generation has become tech-aholics and detachable with our mobile devices, wanting everything and
Like the text says, “Women’s manners changed along with their appearance. (Society in the 1920’s, paragraph 5)”. Women started to expose more of their body and drinking and smoking was the new trend. Fashion wasn’t a big deal before the World War 1, but soon everyone started to shorten the lengths of women's clothes. Because it’s a new trend there will be some kind of dislike of it and people thought it was weird, or it’s an uncomfortable appeal, or it’s not how the ideal women should look. Drinking and smoking was only something men would do and hardly any women that was seen would smoke or drink. Later, there was a big increase of the amount of drinkers and smokers. These people who portrayed this way were called flappers. Although, this is no different than today. Many women does drink or smoke and it’s kind of normal to see them do so. The exposure of skin turned out to be a top hit to show the beauty of women and it’s easy to maneuver in rather than having a tons of long layers added to our bodies. It’s a major improvement to America’s society today of having our freedom and equal