F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of many great literary works during the 1920's and 1930's including The Great Gatsby, was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though his first book, This Side of Paradise, made his name famous, he spent the most disciplined ten months of his life writi...

All over the world, people find joy by taking extreme risks. They willingly jump out of moving airplanes, climb mountains tens of thousands of feet high, and dive off extremely high cliffs into the ocean below; completely insane events in which to partake. With one slight miscalculation, your whole ...

If one wishes to use it properly, the term avant-garde should meet three criteria when used to describe works of art. First and foremost it must defy artistic trends of the time, distancing itself as far as possible from established trends of the time. It also must take considerable time to find a s...

The Roaring Twenties The 20's were a time of sweeping changes for America. During this time lots of new things were introduced into American culture. This era also was the first to have a rapidly growing middle class set on raising it's standard of living. Americans in the ...