Great gatsby
Known as the Jazz Age, the Roaring twenties, or the Boom, the twenties marked a time period when the economy excelled. Many people felt that this was a time when everyone got rich, drank hard liquor, and partied all the time. This was not the way it was at all and Fitzgerald wanted people to realize this. Although the economy may have excelled not all people deviated from their normal life styles, got rich, partied, and threw caution to the wind, some remained the same while even more were only partially involved. Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby accurately portrays the supposed wild and booming atmosphere of the twenties with many realistic character's and places.People of the twenties were like people of any time period. Gatsby and Buchanan represent the stereotypical characters of the twenties. Both were rich and powerful and took advantage of the time period, economically, but were also a little sleazy. For instance, Tom Buchanan went with the time and had extramarital affairs with a woman named Daisy. Tom with all of his money and power could not stay faithful to one woman. "' Were getting off!' he insisted. ' I want you to meet my girl,'" (pg 28). This is how Tom first tells Nick of his affair with myrtle. He clearly pr
Also, it is assumed in the beginning of the novel that Wilson is dumb and doesn't have a clue about the affair, " Wilson? He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. It does her good to get away,"(pg 30). Finally, Fitzgerald kept the Jazz Age as realistic as possible by having characters and places that represented the completely uninvolved part of the society. Finally, Fitzgerald kept the Jazz Age as realistic as possible by having characters and places that represented the completely uninvolved part of the society. Furthermore, Fitzgerald portrays the twenties as accurately as possible through the use of nick as the narrator. This was not the way it was at all and Fitzgerald wanted people to realize this. It does her good to get away,"(pg 30). That's where all his money comes from,'" (pg 37). This is how Tom first tells Nick of his affair with myrtle. The first place is known as the valley of ashes, a part of town known as the slums, possibly, which was decaying and rotting. Nick is an example of the partially involved citizen of the time who doesn't have money or power, but does, to some extent, have one foot on the ground. Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby accurately portrays the supposed wild and booming atmosphere of the twenties with many realistic character's and places.
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