Deeds Of Man In The 1920's

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Maxwell Arthur

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Junior English

9/28/16

The Deeds Of Man In The 1920’s

Great partying comes the loss of values and even the corruption of holidays. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a man who lived through a period of history filled with partying, this part of our American history is known as the roaring twenties. The roaring twenties was what seems to be the high before the crash, we had an economic boom and lived lavishly until the great depression. So far The Great Gatsby has portrayed the roaring twenties as a lavash ongoing party that is full of adultery, illicit drug use and loss of holidays and moral values. The plot of this story going from an adventure for Nick Carraway to a hell storm is the perfect depiction of the high and crash …show more content…

The casual nature of Tom of all characters was probably the most upsetting when it came to cheating on his wife, he was always sort of proud of it as well and that really showed his true character. “Come Nick I want you to meet my girl” (Fitzgerald 24). When Tom had said this to nick one could only feel true disgust, this was a fantastic depiction of the dirty deed of adultery and works perfectly with the corruption of morals and values in The Great Gatsby. The morals and sacred nature of marriage had been beaten down and forgotten during the 1920’s, for a man to casually say to his wife's cousin “I want you to meet my mistress” is really just a low insult to the sacred nature of family and marriage. Adultery seemed not to be the only practice that was corrupting the morals and values and it was also not highly …show more content…

Al Capone rained down with an iron fist during the 1920’s and was joined by many other mob bosses. In The Great Gatsby Mr.Gatsby seems to be a bootlegger, he shows many signs of the profession. There are rumors in The Great Gatsby that Gatsby himself is responsible for killing people. “I found out what your ‘drug stores’ were.” He turned to us and spoke rapidly. “He and this Wolfshiem bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores here and in Chicago and sold grain alcohol over the counter. That’s one of his little stunts. I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him, and I wasn’t far wrong.” (Fitzgerald 133). Gatsby being caught was proof that this corruption was in fact a reality, to know that Gatsby was in fact bootlegging meant he did not make an honest wage. A person would think at this point Gatsby would eventually be

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