The First World War had just ended; hardened young soldiers returned to daily suburban life. The country was dry under the sanctions of Prohibition. How was it that this time period came to be called “The Roaring Twenties?” Nearly all credit must be given to the arts and entertainment of this volatile period in time. F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, is perhaps the most recognized of authors associated with the literary flowering of the 1920’s in America. The concern of most authors during this time was of the materialism that had suddenly swept the country. Credit was easy, interest rates were low, and corruption abounded. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald portrays how the American dream of success had withered until at times it was nothing more than greedy desire. The sanguine American dream that had turned no one away and had given all an equal opportunity for happiness and success was no longer. Through use of his main character, Jay Gatsby, and through various symbols in the novel, Fitzgerald develops his sketch of the demise of American society.

Jay Gatsby is Fitzgerald’s embodiment of the American dream of rags-to-riches. Gatsby began life as the son

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