The 1920’s, sometimes referred to as the “Jazz Age” or the “Roaring Twenties,” was known as a time of social change in rural America. In many aspects of life, women and men were changing their past accepted lifestyles and quickly adopting lavish lifestyles. Emerged during the twentieth century, one of the most notable writers of his time, F. Scott Fitzgerald, developed one of the greatest novels written, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald used his novels to reveal his feelings and opinions on times in the US. He was known as a writer from the “Lost Generation” because his negative beliefs were known to be different from the rest of Americans beliefs. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald offers a critical idolization of wealthy Americans but shows the portrayal of these Americans unrestrained materialism and lack of morality.
In Fitzgerald’s novel, he writes about the relationships that go on and with these relationships lack of loyalty, self indulgence, violence, and disregard to morals are......
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