Similarities Between The Great Gatsby

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In ‘The Great Gatsby’, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” (Fitzgerald 178). According to him, people in America are very wealthy, and there was a huge economic boom during that period. Conversely, in South Korea, a gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. Likewise, these two countries have obvious differences, even though they seem quite alike. For example, their education system, alcohol issues, music, and clothes are not identical. The features that two nations have in common are women’s right to …show more content…

Between 1880 and 1920, about 25 million immigrants settled in to live in America. The foreigners, who came to America, were looking forward to earning a great amount of money, but what they got is discrimination. Also, a group, KKK, was made to differentiate white people to other races. The same situation is also happening in Korea. According to Korean Ministry of Security and Public Administration in 2013, the immigrants in Korea have increased exponentially for 9 years. Like the USA in the 1920s, a treatment of foreigners is especially poor and the salary for them is insufficient. Therefore, it should be admitted that similarities are numerous. Nevertheless, there are as many as differences between two …show more content…

After World War I, a lot of babies were born, and the numbers of students were doubled than those of before the war. For a better education, people began to live in urban areas. With the increase of students, school days were extended by 11 days per year. Schools realized that the importance of teaching girls and learning various subjects. With the increase of students, school days were extended by 11 days per year. Thus, girls learned how to cook and to clean the house. Boys’ education was sciences, physical education, and geography (“Education During 1920’s” 7). However, students in Korea mainly focus on knowledge. School days are much longer, and there is no discrimination between men’s and women’s

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