Why Is The Great Gatsby Important In The 1920s

The Great Gatsby takes place in the 1920s. There are many 1920s characteristics that are seen in the book. During the party, Nick and Jordan were looking for Gatsby and a man said, “I’ve been drunk for a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library. (Fitzgerald, 46).” The prohibition took place which made people want to drink alcohol more (the reason why there's a picture of alcohol). In the book, it is stated that Nick only got drunk twice in his life. It was innovative because many inventions were made such as Dodge, electric stove, and the T ford. “[I had] an old dodge and a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.(Fitzgerald 4)” It was also promiscuous

because Daisy and Tom were cheating on each other. Women started to dress by showing more skin. Also, it was said that Fitzgerald's wife cheated on him and was reckless with what she did. It was also reckless because Myrtle was run over. Many people partied from listening to jazz music and dancing the fox-trot. Daisy and Nick were dancing the fox-trot in a part of the book. There were many wealthy people shown in the book such as Gatsby, Nick, Daisy, and Tom. The picture of the dollar bill and the word wealth represents the amount of the money people had in the 1920s. There is a picture of bootleggers because some of the wealthy people in the 1920s were bootleggers. Gatsby was a bootlegger, who used pharmaceutical stores as cover-ups. There is a picture of Gilda Gray and broadway to represent the famous people that came to Gatsby’s parties. Tom was a little jealous that he was in a party filled with entertainers. It was rhythmic because of the jazz references made in the book. Jazz music would always be played at Gatsby’s parties. There is a picture of a woman smoking a cigarette because Gatsby offers Tom a cigarette.