is set in post WWI America and at the time‚ the American dream was for any hardworking person to be able to achieve success and happiness regardless of their background or social class. This was a time of great change and revolution with the roaring twenties and rising middle class. Jazz was big at the time‚ technology boomed and there were significant changes in lifestyle and culture. Prohibition was also in place at the time‚ banning the manufacture‚ sale and transportation of alcohol. All of these
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Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream in a different way. In 1920s‚ instead of heading towards a change for the better‚ they were thirsty for money. Which the immoralities and the downfall toward the American Dream. This shows how the people of the roaring 20s‚ cares more about how to earn money faster by corruption‚ then working hard and earing it themselves. In The Great Gatsby‚ it represents the loss and demise of the American Dream in 1920s. In the novel‚ Myrtle Wilson is a lady marries a mechanic
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is Relevant to our Present Minds The Great Gatsby‚ written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald‚ explores a world much like our own to this present day. The book was published in 1925‚ and it relates to several events that transpired back around the Roaring 20’s. In addition‚ the book also correlates to today’s current events with the ideas such as: materialism‚ celebrity status‚ persona‚ and social networking. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby reflects a plethora of themes. One of the most popular of the
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Social classes in the United States‚ during the 1920’s led to a social change of new ideas and personal freedom known as the “Roaring Twenties”‚ where social status could be discovered on how you live and act. In The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the social classes of the characters to portray the mentality of people belonging to different social class’‚ their locations‚ and the events that form the character’s actions. (McMahon) For example‚ in the novel‚ Tom‚ Mr. Sloane‚ and a
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have lasting influence on the United States of America (USA). The social trend that I will be addressing is the impact of young women to the America’s culture. After the World War 2 (WWII)‚ Americans referred to the decade of the 1920s as the Roaring Twenties because of a varied of factors which include rapid social change‚ impact of technology on domestic life and the changes in social values. Women started to have more social freedoms and young people start picking up smoking and drinking‚ despite
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Alcohol: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Karl Ballenger Mrs. Hines Communication Arts 200 period 7 February 20‚ 2007 The beginning of Alcohol While no one knows when alcohol was first used as a beverage (or even created) we do know that it has been used for over ten thousand years. Archeologists to this day are discovering old beer mug containers from the B.C period. Some other archeologist and a few scientists believe it was created in an experimental
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were interesting decades in the United States. WWI had just ended and the society was in the process of changing its eras and beginning a new chapter in its history. The 1920s in the United States is referred to as the Roaring Twenties. The reason for this is because of the "roaring" prosperity during this time period. The businesses and culture were booming in this era. The 1930s in the United States is referred to as the Great Depression. The reason it is called this is because of the economic hardship
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Wolfe exhibits how people have to believe in their dreams before they can succeed through the definition of the 1920s American dream‚ “His Father’s Earth‚” and Wolfe’s own personal life. Wolfe published “His Father’s Earth” in 1925 during the roaring twenties. After World War I‚ America reinvented itself by the prohibition of alcohol. The prohibition of alcohol came into affect by the eighteenth amendment; the majority of Americans believed alcohol was destroying families and American values (Seth)
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The Roaring 20’s The roaring twenties was a period of economic prosperity was filled men and women of wealth‚ who were careless and rebellious. Many upper class in individuals were able to spend money thoughtlessly. F. Scott Fitzgerald depicts it thought his book in The Great Gatsby. He portrays the upper aristocracy with their expensive cars‚ polo ponies‚ and lavish parties. Fitzgerald uses the motif parties throughout the book which help him unfold the theme of society and class and that goes on
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Erik Rhodes Mr. Clyne Period 2 3/20/13 Great Gatsby Rhetorical Analysis: Social Classes of the 1920s The Great Gatsby is a perfect example of a Golden Age book. Even though it was not written in what one considered the Golden Age‚ it is a book that represents the extravagance in life. The Great Gatsby is full of symbolism that represents what some might refer to as the cast system (a.k.a. – social structure). F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby to highlight the wide abyss between
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