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The Great Gatsby: Context
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AS - Level English literature (Great Gatsby) Mapa Mental sobre The Great Gatsby: Context, criado por Tamsin Hackett em 19-04-2016.
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The Great Gatsby: Context
Roaring Twenties
Term to describe 1920s in western world
Economic prosperity - nation's wealth doubled between 1920-1929
More lived in urban areas, electricity invented
Jazz Age
Characterised as a period of carefree self-indulgence, wealth, freedom
Increased prosperity
Prohibition
Sale & manufacture of alcohol prevented by law 1920-1933
Many bootleggers became rich - Gatsby
Due to national mood turning against alcohol for religious & moral reasons
Flappers
Fashionable young women intent on enjoying themselves
Disregarded conventional behaviour standards
Represented new type of modern woman - less feminine, dressed less conservatively
New Technology & Transport
Radio, silent movies
First car - Ford, low cost trains - easier to travel e.g. to New York
Advancement in medicine
Conspicuous Consumption
Lavish spending on goods and services to display income or wealth
To attain/maintain social status
Only done publicly
The American Dream
New values in 1920s - instead of wanting equality, people wanted to get as rich as possible
Traditional values - equality, enjoying life, pursuit of happiness
Novel represents decline of it
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