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Cynthia A Flapper Essay

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In May 1925 was the time period of bootleggers, flappers, and even some pimps. Cynthia was a commonly known popular dancer that was always known for her flirtatious ways. Being a flapper was common during this time because it was a way girls showed off their dance moves and most of their assets with an exception of boundaries. Cynthia wasn’t like most flappers she had a pimp that was a bootlegger named Devin. Devin was born in Bronx, New York that had a business mind set and wanted to get into illegal business to take over. Zayquan was a banker that sold liquor on the side because alcohol was banned from being sold in stores. Dory was a thief that loved some coax. Society thought that if alcohol would be banned that crime rates would die down but little did they knew that it would have the opposite effect. On one Sunday morning, there was a concert being held in New York, New York called The Etna Tu Bat. All young adults from eighteen through twenty-five were invite right along with the older guys …show more content…

While in the process of running everyone for their money, she realizes she has to take a load in the bathroom and panics because she doesn’t know how to make a dramatic exist and get to the nearest bathroom. So Cynthia caught on to this panic mode, so she tells Destiny to come here and whispers a brilliant plan to distract and scare this women off so they can take this young lady down with a sneak attack . They both start shaking their tail feathers and performing a common dance all flappers would know to join in. Destiny was lost and demanded them to stop all their dancing or she’ll shoot, but they did not listen. They started to sing while they danced and gave her this eye to intimidate. But she did not budge until she took a crap on herself and aimed to shoot everyone that was in sight. She got so mad that she just took a crap on herself and that these flappers would not stop

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