Mr. Geary
English 2 Honors: Section 3
23 February 2011
The 1920s otherwise known as the Jazz Age is a time of moral decay and enjoyment for Americans. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s American novel, The Great Gatsby is about Nick Carraway a young man from the Midwest who moves to the East and adapts to its fast paced and glamorous lifestyle. Fitzgerald accurately portrays elements of the Jazz Age in his American novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald accurately portrays the 1920s in The Great Gatsby through corruption by using characters such as Jay Gatsby and Meyer Wolfsheim in the novel. Fitzgerald accurately portrays the 1920s in The Great Gatsby through greed by using the characters Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald accurately portrays the 1920s in The Great Gatsby through lack of spirituality by using the characters Gatsby, Tom and Myrtle Wilson. Fitzgerald accurately portrays the 1920s in The Great Gatsby through the constant pursuit of pleasure by using the characters Gatsby, Tom Buchanan and Myrtle. Fitzgerald accurately portrays the 1920s in The Great Gatsby through the attainment of wealth by using characters Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan.
