The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1327 Words

The Great Gatsby The 1920’s, also known as the â€Å"Roaring Twenties† and â€Å"Jazz Age†, marked an era of social changes and cultural differences in the United States. It was a time where women weren’t seen just for their â€Å"housewife† roles, but for their new rights and freedoms. Technology was expanding, prohibition against alcohol developed, and the cultural civil war began. All of these racy changes that developed in the decade of the 1920s are expressed in the book, The Great Gatsby. (History) In 1919, under the 19th amendment women were given the right to vote in the 1920 election.(Dismore) Women became more independent. In this era you were either seen as the upper class or the working class. Daisy, which was viewed as the â€Å"upper class†Ã¢â‚¬ ¦show more content†¦The narrator, Nick Carraway is moving from Minnesota to New York to the â€Å"West Egg† of Rhode Island. The west egg was known for people that just discovered their ric hes and haven’t been able to create social connections or meet the right people yet. Mr. Carraway, a businessman shortly discovers his neighbor, Mr. Gatsby. Carraway became very intrigued by the lifestyle that Mr. Gatsby was living. Although the west egg was known for people not having any connections, Nick went to Yale and knows many people in the â€Å"East Egg†, one of which is his sister, Daisy. The West Egg and the East Egg were two very different types of lifestyles even though both included riches. The 1920’s were known for extravagant parties and flapper girls. Nick Carraway attended a party in the city and became fascinated with the people that filled the room. Despite the annoyance that was showed through Nick’s character, he decides to stay and take it all in. Carraway was stunned to have Mr. Gatsby as his neighbor because he was known for throwing over the top parties and was excited he would be attending more now. Nick was unsure if he would receive an invitation or not based upon his â€Å"social class.† Social class didn’t mean much to Gatsby and he invited both â€Å"Eggs† and didn’t care what others thought of it. Gatsby’s lifestyle drove Nick wild and he wanted to understand how he became this wealthy since nobody