F. Scott Fitzgerald. Flapper also follows around‚ not just the women‚ but the men who encompassed the book across the nation‚ ranging from Indiana to the popular “speakeasies” that were widespread in Manhattan‚ NY. We are soon introduced to many more of the women who would go on to be labeled the “New Woman of the 1920’s” including Lois “Lipstick” Long‚ gossip columnist from the “New Yorker‚” Coco Chanel and Paul Poiret
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USA 1910-29 Depth Study Paper 1 Revision Booklet Name................ Class..................... 1 Introduction This booklet will seriously help you to prepare brilliantly for the summer exams! You should complete as many practice questions as you can using the following process: Revise a unit from this booklet (make sure to do this in an ACTIVE way e.g make revision cards/ spider diagrams/test yourself) Look carefully at the guidance on how to answer the exam questions at the back of
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How does F Scott Fitzgerald establish mood in the opening of “The Great Gatsby?” Fitzgerald establishes the mood in the opening of The Great Gatsby as scandalous and grim yet with hope created by the character named as Gatsby. Firstly‚ Fitzgerald uses the symbolism of “an extraordinary gift of hope” to describe the character of Gatsby. This could suggest that the character of Gatsby is very important in the book and a symbol of hope in the book and happiness in the book‚ especially because the
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Account for the growing social tensions in US society during the 1920s Despite the 1920s being referred to as the ‘Roaring twenties’ due to the prosperous changes in the social and economic way of America‚ further study of the nation in the decade reveals the growing social tensions‚ and a country ‘driven by social conflict and confused by social change.’ (Catton) The bitterness stemmed from the white Anglo Saxon Protestants (WASP) and their reaction to the flood of immigrants‚ Catholics and the
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The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939 that affect the lower class‚ mid class and high class. The most devastating impact of the Great Depression was human suffering. Like Christina D. Romer said “In a short period of time‚ world output and standards of living dropped precipitously. As much as one-fourth of the labor force in industrialized countries was unable to find work in
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Fitzgerald’s Interpretation of the 1920’s through The Great Gatsby Given all of the crimes that were committed in the 1920’s‚ why does Fitzgerald focus his attention so much on prohibition and gender roles? The era of the 1920’s was a time of prosperity and corruption throughout society. Some wealth was gained through honest work while other wealth was earned through greed‚ organized crime‚ and other illegal acts. In Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ he displays multiple accounts of prohibition
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They realized that the evils of alcohol remained‚ but they had also realized the effects of Prohibition to be far-reaching and perhaps worse than alcohol itself. According to famous tycoon John D. Rockefeller‚ "Drinking has generally increased‚ the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has been recruited and financed on a colossal
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sectiondetailid=23130&&PHPSESSID=e0a64029c09716761056932b46c6816b Art and literature came from the Harlem era. Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was a musician who came from the Harlem Renaissance. Blacks and whites would dance the night away together at the speakeasies were he would perform. Writers like Langston Hughes and Claude McKay inspired the African Americans of the time to
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historical and unique era of time. As a soaring stock market minted millionaires by the thousands‚ young Americans in the nation ’s biggest cities rejected traditional social mores by embracing a modern urban culture of freedom‚ drinking illegally in speakeasies‚ dancing provocatively‚ and “Letting the Good Times Roll‚” a popular and fitting phrase for this time period. For the first time‚ more Americans lived in cities than on farms. The nation’s total wealth more than doubled between 1920 and 1929‚ and
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Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of Sources This investigation will focus on answering the question: what were the essential factors that lead to the creation and popularity of Jazz music in the 1920s? The years 1918-1929 will be the primary years of investigation. The investigation will not focus prior to 1918 because jazz music had not evolved out of Rag time yet and because the year marked the end of World War one‚ and ultimately a revival in America’s culture. The investigation will
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