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Roaring Twenties In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The 1920’s were a period in time that have been known by many names. F.Scott Fitzgerald, one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century, knew them as the “Jazz Age.” As well as the “Jazz Age” this interval was also known as “The Roaring Twenties”, which Fitzgerald represented very well in his book The Great Gatsby. The book was mainly about a man named Nick Carraway, who moved to New York and lived next to the millionaire, Jay Gatsby(Who was in love with Nick’s cousin Daisy, also extremely wealthy). This is where Nick becomes drawn into the fascinating world of the wealthy. Nevertheless, in order to fully understand how this book relates to the "Roaring Twenties" you must understand what they exactly were. You see the 1920s were a time when many people …show more content…

Fitzgerald seems to point out many characteristics about this "spiffy" decade in his novel from chapter one all the way to chapter nine, allow me to explain. In the beginning of the novel Fitzgerald begin with a quote from Nick Caraway's Father basically saying don't judge others because they haven't had the advantages you've had. These advantages I would say come from his "old money." Nick then goes on to briefly explain and point out that he's not one to to judge by class. This I feel points out how people of the time do judge by class and care about who and what you came from. This nonjudgmental side of nick seems to pass on throughout the story when he "scorns" everything Gatsby stood for, yet withholds his judgment completely. Nick moves on to point out he thinks

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