How Is The Great Gatsby Different In The 1920s

In the book The Great Gatsby in 1920 they make some references to sports and other things that are different from the 1920 era. The sports were way different from today. The time they took to sit back and relax looked different too. In the book The Great Gatsby we notice that they talk a lot about different sports like Jordan baker liked to golf, and Arnold Rothstein was accused of rigging the World Series. However, there are a lot of differences between sports, leisure, and recreation from 1920 to the present day. In the 1920’s one of the biggest sporting events was golf. In the book The Great Gatsby Jordan Baker's favorite thing to do in her free time was to golf. From 1910 to 1920 was the most rapid growth for golf. However,

This Sport wasn't the most popular sport but later on by the 1920’s became even more popular. One of the reasons for this is a guy named Gene Tunney or we can call him by his nickname “The Fighting Marine”. He was given this nickname not just because he was an animal in the ring but because before he took boxing professionally he had joined the U.S. Marine Corps during World War 1. Then later on in 1919 he went on to win the light heavyweight championship. However, he was a really good boxer in 1920 he wasn't the only one though. Jimmy Wilde was another great cause on why it had so much popularity as well. He was into boxing at a very young age of just 16 years old weighing in at just 74 pounds! He may not have been the biggest and strongest guy in the ring, however, he did show some power and dominance to earn the nickname “The Mighty Atom”. He was given this nickname because of the fact how small he was, he knew people had size on him so he was determined to be the very best he could be. So he worked like a dog day and night grinding to be the best he could be. So based off of his stat line having 152 bouts and 146 victories and 100 of them being knockouts shocked the world. People after hearing about this decided to start watching boxing in the 1920’s growing and growing the industry and this is why the 1920’s got the nickname the “The Golden Age of

Horse Racing grew a lot of popularity throughout the years but recently has lost so much popularity some don't even see it as a sport anymore. Horse Racing was held on a dirt track and the only thing the horses and riders left behind was their hooves in the dirt of the track. A person most famous for horse racing is the mighty Man o’ War. In just two years he had won 20-21 starts and he had made roughly $249,645. And even when I look him up I see a whole bunch of comparison between him and people like Babe Ruth, and Jack Dempsey, this just goes on to prove that the mighty Man o’War wasn't just some nobody but a person that shows inspiration to a sport and this is why the 1920’s were named “The Golden Age of