Examining the 1920's through The Great Gatsby
Many aspects of the 1920's are clearly represented in the novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald writes an exciting story of love, violence, and obsession, but more importantly the story of America during the 1920's. Part of everyday life in the 20's included excitement, entertainment, and crime, but in the end these became the downfall of the American dream. The Great Gatsby thoroughly represents the 1920's through crime, social status, and the destruction of the American dream.
The 1920's were a time when crime was a way life for some people and a way of escape for others, a time when crime was seen as a valid way of making a living. As for Meyer Wolfshiem, an older man of whom Gatsby did business with, crime was his job and he did it well. …
