The_Great_Gatsby_And_American_History

The Great Gatsby And American History The Great Gatsby The 1920s was a time in American History where the white-collar men and the socially elite lived a life laced with luxury. Much like the Gilded Age, however, it was not as it seemed from the surface. Writer F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote many books delving into the 1920s and how the people of this time were careless in their actions. His books today serve as more then just fictional stories read for pleasure, but rather a more in-depth view of American history and the ordinary people living during this time. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel the Great Gatsby, morality played a huge factor in how the reader views the people of the 1920s. The 1920s was a period in our history, much like many other eras, where people were attempting the reach the “American Dream” at any cost. In Fitzgerald’s novel the most common dream was wealth, power, and social status. This dream was evident in every character in some way. It was each of the character’s dreams that allowed them to push aside other important issues such as morality or other people’s consideration in their pursuit of personal happiness. The characters and the people gatsby, great, people, 1920s, dream, wealth, tom, way, social, money, love, morality, daisy, characters, time, rather, however, character, american, willing, out, novel, era, during, wanted, true, through, status, reach, power, person, one, history, even, elite, crime