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    the time with the men with which they interact and fall in love‚ or lust‚ in one way or another‚ for each different part of society they live in. In the novel there are‚ however‚ exceptions to this. Daisy and Jordan Baker are both presented as the “flapper” type women from the 1920s. This was seen as very up-to-date and fashionable‚ showing a new kind of sexual appeal from the previously almost powerless women. As they are both shown from the reader’s first introduction

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    keep the club mostly all white and male. Most club owners‚ in contrast did not allow women to drink inside their clubs. They encouraged women to drink‚ but off the premises. Many women were clenching on their new-found independence by living the flapper life. “Having recently secured the right to vote‚ America’s women rose up in early 1922 to defend an even more fundamental liberty: the right to smoke” (1922). This new-found freedom originated not only from the right to vote and smoking but also

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    referring to it as “one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance” (Fitzgerald 48). He portrayed Gatsby’s smile as this because Gatsby kept certain things about himself concealed. Daisy remained depicted as the epitome of a 1920s flapper during the novel. Fitzgerald emphasized‚ “her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it‚ bright eyes‚ and a bright passionate mouth” (Fitzgerald 9). These were the features of Daisy that Gatsby fell in love with. Others‚ however‚ illustrated

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    There has been many changes in the equality of men over the years. Just like women‚ some things are right. Men usually don’t get much said about them when it comes to equality. It’s usually the women. Well now it’s time to talk about the men. In the Puritan age‚ the men were the more dominant sex when it came to gender roles. Men were more in control in the house. They were not involved with raising the children unless they became problematic. They also farmed and controlled the land that they

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    changes during the First World War There was a growing recognition on the changing roles of women in the Parisian society and the flamboyant manner of dressing became seemingly inappropriate after the onset of war. Thus‚ Chanel’s introduction of the “flapper style” in the 1920s became in tune with the growing social consciousness that was evidently resulted from the Parisians’ war experiences. Women were finally liberated from their corsets and short sleek hair became the fashion for women who were already

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    isn’t a new uprising‚ however. It seems more like a cycle‚ when observed going back all the way to the decade of the “flappers” in the 1920s. A flapper was a fashionable woman who was determined to flout conventional standards of behavior‚ even if that meant being rebellious and immoral. Dating back to those times‚ women‚ namely in the west‚ have taken an interest in adopting flapper conduct. The basic point of this demeanor is to oppose conventional and widely common social principles. By doing

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