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    This was a time where people were celebrating the end of World War 1 and a time during the Prohibition. This period of time was called the “Roaring 20’s‚” World War 1 ended on November 11‚ 1918. That caused a recession for many people‚ which sparked celebration all throughout America. Time was changing in the 20’s‚ in the year 1920‚ the US Census indicated that the national population exceeded

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    inventions grew rapidly‚ entertainment was booming and sports were becoming very popular while in the 1930s‚ Canadians no longer had money to afford anything and had to live without home‚ food‚ jobs and luxuries. Sports in 1920s became very popular. The twenties were known as Canada’s golden age of sports. Everyone who had skills participated in at least one sport. Some of the most famous sports in the 1920s were basketball‚ baseball‚ hockey‚ football and lacrosse. The sports heroes of the decade were amateurs

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    What can be done in one and a half hours? Plenty. Since time is invaluable‚ no one would like to spend‚ at least‚ one and a half hour of a day with the uninspired movie. To prevent the unbeneficial loss of time‚ observing the critic’s feedback on a film is a useful method for avoiding this situation. The Great Gatsby‚ one of the interesting romantic-drama films of 2013‚ is based on the epic American classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film typically received a positive response

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    appealing. It turns out that the glamorous and glib party guests are‚ in fact‚ quite shallow. Nick says that they "conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with amusement parks‚" again stressing the carefree‚ stereotypical roaring ’20s atmosphere. Much to the partygoers’ discredit‚ however‚ "sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all." In stark contrast‚ Nick "as soon as [he] arrived . . . made an attempt to find [his] host."  The “moth” imagery is significant

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    The 1920s was a decade of innovation and inspiration. From monumental changes in everyday life‚ to the new sense of freedom that infected the younger generation‚ the 20s changed how Americans thought‚ acted‚ and lived. The music of this decade was no exception. As the music industry entered the Jazz Age‚ it brought with it a wild‚ carefree mood that influenced Americans in every way possible. The powerful and distinct music popularized in the 1920s embodied the acceptance and celebration of new

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    with this new‚ urban‚ sometimes racy “mass culture”; in fact‚ for many–even most–people in the United States‚ the 1920s brought more conflict than celebration. However‚ for a small handful of young people in the nation’s big cities‚ the 1920s were roaring indeed. Culturally‚ the 1990s was characterized by the rise of multiculturalism and alternative media‚ which continued into the 2000s. Movements such as grunge‚ the rave scene and hip hop spread around the world to young people during the decade‚

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    Brett Merriman ENGL 1111 Professor Myers Project 3 Final The Death of the American Dream The American Dream is an idealism born out of the earliest settlers of this country. These people strived for discovery and individualism‚ and embarked on the pursuit of happiness‚ in which a healthy homestead with a steady career was the embodiment. However‚ this “dream” experienced a shift in the early 20th century after the conclusion of World War One. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby‚ placed

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    In The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald critiques a variety of themes of the American Dream — honesty‚ authority‚ avarice‚ treason‚ the American dream‚ and so on. Out of all the themes‚ none is more well developed than the theme of a social hierarchy. The Great Gatsby is considered as a brilliant piece of social narration‚ offering a descriptive look into American life during the 1920s. Fitzgerald carefully sets up his novel into unmistakable groups but‚ in the end‚ each group has its own problems to deal

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    Many basic economic and political polices were pursued by the conservative republican administrations. There was an underlying weakness‚ but not a big one‚ and it did indedd lead the the great depression. Most Americans view the Roaring 1920s as a decade of speakeasies‚ bootleg liquor‚ flapper girls‚ and the Charleston. Without a doubt‚ the 1920s was the most repressive decade of the 20th Century. It was a decade marked in the beginning by the Palmer Raids of 1919 and at the end with the massacre

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    illegally supplying them with liquor. The book and Fitzgerald didn’t reference straight to this crime but implied that the American Society was blameworthy in its dealings with the problem. This is not the case in the least. The period know as the Roaring Twenties will always be remembered for its glittering lights and unbridles romances‚ not the crime. <br> <br>The manner in which these characters found love was also very upsetting. Gatsby spent countless years obtaining his fortune for one purpose only

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