Daisy's Personality In The Great Gatsby

The Jazz Age is a very influential decade for the people of the United States of America. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Novel the Great Gatsby shows the effect of this influence on people and their actions. This novel is set in the 1920s, where extravagance and luxury are only a few of the common traits that have impacts on characters’ actions and personalities. These traits of the 1920s are a few of the traits specific to this decade. Even the smallest detail of someone’s personality shapes the plot, which is heavily influenced by common ideas of the time. The common traits of the Jazz Age alter some personality traits of the characters in The Great Gatsby in a negative way.

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Drinking alcohol alters the mindset of any person who partakes in it. "It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people" (Fitzgerald 49). Daisy maintains her good reputation by not drinking, even among those who try to pressure her into it. This shows that she is not as easy to influence when compared to her peers. Nick Carraway is just one of many people who were heavily influenced by alcohol use in the 1920s. His mindset and personality change when under the influence of alcohol, which causes him to make a few careless decisions. Alcohol cannot negatively affect Daisy’s personality when she chooses not to drink it. Others around her may try their best to get her to take a sip, but they should recognize she makes this choice for herself because she does not want to experience the negative effects alcohol has on the personalities of other

The higher social classes heavily influence what is popular versus what is not so popular. The majority goes along with them even when “society is in trouble” (Currid-Halkett 560). America is at a very high peak in the 1920s. The problem comes when people are questioning how they are setting themselves up for the future. Those who are new money tend to set only themselves up for short-term success. People who have old money set up future generations for success but do not contribute that success to the needs of society. “I would like to observe that the older generation had certainly pretty well ruined this world before passing it on to us.” (Jazz age 28). The ideas of older generations get passed on to younger generations, whether they are good or bad. This can very well alter how a child in the future thinks and acts when the child is not set up for success. It is up to the characters of the Great Gatsby to give others room to grow and get their society out of future