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 presents the stereotypical attitude very early in the novel, with his ease of presenting to Nick that he was, in fact, cheating on Nick's cousin. There is also Gatsby, who is a mysterious character, and people debate over where he found his fortune. "' Well, they say he's a nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilheim's. That's where all his money comes from,'" (pg 37). This is all heresy and it alludes to the fact that people actually don't know where he came up with his money and adds to the mystery behind his character. Also, Gatsby is able to hold many parties at his place, huge parties, with guests whom he doesn't even person...