The Great Gatsby (Context)
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- Created on: 11-04-22 16:01
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- Gatsby (1925) Context
- Fitzgerald's Life
- named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key
- who wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- never graduated college
- enlisted in 1917 (WW1)
- born in 1896
- fell in love with Zelda Sayre
- couldn't marry until he became richer
- literary sensation - 1920 with This Side of Paradise
- Alcoholic
- lavish parties and decadence
- coined the 1920s and "the Jazz Age"
- named after his ancestor Francis Scott Key
- Social
- WW1 brought an air of mortality to human nature
- thus the Jazz Age and hedonism
- America get very rich
- female flapper, speakeasies
- break away from traditional female stereotypes
- however, were still gender segregated, underpaid and politically isolated
- break away from traditional female stereotypes
- prohibition
- Bootlegging
- ended 1933
- consumerism boom
- automobiles increase from 8000 to 23 million
- Ku Klux Klan and eugenics
- WW1 brought an air of mortality to human nature
- Economic
- income improves dramatically for middle and upper classes
- millions still live in poverty
- crowding of big cities
- income improves dramatically for middle and upper classes
- Fitzgerald's Life
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