... a golden age of American fiction. Fitzgerald, as a member of "the lost generation", publish his The Great Gatsby in 1925 and confirmed his status as a chronicler and poet laureate in the jazz age. He was once credited by T. S. Eliot for "the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James, because Fitzgerald depicted the extolled grandest and most boisterous, reckless and ... literary world, from over night success to excessive hedonism. So he could vividly depict the mysterious and desirous wealth of Gatsby and unfolded before our eyes a blazing picture of the jazz age. Ho...

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... his writings if we place it in the context of the events that took place in America then, what is called the jazz age, the generation in flames or the lost generation, Fitzgerald became the spokesman of all this, jazz being the lively music coming from the west, the pursuit of pleasure, excessive drinking and endless parties, , all of this he was ... ...

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... philosophical and moral questions such as whether or not it is acceptable to do anything to reach your goals. Society The cast of 'The Great Gatsby' live in the jazz era of 1920's America which was a rather carefree era which is evident with all the lavish and wasteful and over the top parties that Gatsby throws life in that time ... ...

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... , and is still noticeable today. Moreover, Fitzgerald presents wealth and the wealthy elite through the use of car motifs. Cars were seen as a symbol of wealth and status during the Jazz Age, and this is present in both books, comparable to owning popular branded items nowadays. Ironically, cars can also be seen as symbols of destruction through the car crashes that ... ...

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... own. Through this, Fitzgerald demonstrates how empty and rotten have become the lives of people who devote themselves to nothing more than accumulating money and social standing. The lavish parties, jazz music, and nightclub culture shown in The Great Gatsby, by the magnificent parties hosted by Jay Gatsby, perpetuate the corruption of the American dream as the unrestricted desire for money ... ...

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... and empty pursuit of pleasure. It was the reckless jubilance and satisfaction seeking, as commonly seen in the extravagant parties thrown by Gatsby, that lead to decadent parties and wild jazz music that lead to the demise of the American dream. It was unquenchable desire for wealth and pleasure, it was hedonism, that made a casualty of the American dream. After the ... ...

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... a life of debauchery and moral decadence. To top it, the unprecedented wealth of the 1920's which is the result of the burgeoning of the economy from war sales and the jazz age, contributed in creating opportunities for headless, excessive hedonistic lifestyles that were depraved. The concerned citizenry response to all these came in the way of the invigoration of the temperance ... ...

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... to this day, still speaks for today's America. Gatsby still speaks for today's America because he still embodies the American dream, for although not as reckless and prodigal as the Jazz Age' of the 1920's, today's America still holds the same core beliefs in that one must strive through self-invention, strive for wealth and power, and keep a dream alive despite ... ...

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