The Great Gatsby was written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
"A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning--"Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace becomes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream.
It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout." (Goodreads)
The Great Gatsby fits into the Roaring 20's because....
It shows how the 20's were all about partying and not caring what is going on. It shows this numerous times throughout this book. One example would be how when Nick met with Myrtle and Tom. They went up to an apartment and had a party. Another example is Gatsby, he hosts parties every weekend and just anyone shows up to them and he rarely invites people. The difference between the parties is that some are more classier with well dressed people and others are people just having fun wearing whatever they want.
Another thing is keeping the perfect image within the class they are in. Its all about money, thats all most of the people care about. They want a lot of money and being able to buy whatever they want whenever. It also shows a lot about how people care more about there wealth status then anything else. They wont bother talking to someone who is lower than them. Only people from the same class or higher. If they do talk with them its in secret; like Tom and Myrtles relationship. He doesn't love her and wont leave Daisy for her because of her class and wealth. Same with Daisy, Tom has more money than Gatsby and can provide for her more and it keeps her image of a classy lady and not leaving her husband.
"A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, The Great Gatsby captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a permanent place in American mythology. Self-made, self-invented millionaire Jay Gatsby embodies some of Fitzgerald's--and his country's--most abiding obsessions: money, ambition, greed, and the promise of new beginnings. "Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning--"Gatsby's rise to glory and eventual fall from grace becomes a kind of cautionary tale about the American Dream.
It's also a love story, of sorts, the narrative of Gatsby's quixotic passion for Daisy Buchanan. The pair meet five years before the novel begins, when Daisy is a legendary young Louisville beauty and Gatsby an impoverished officer. They fall in love, but while Gatsby serves overseas, Daisy marries the brutal, bullying, but extremely rich Tom Buchanan. After the war, Gatsby devotes himself blindly to the pursuit of wealth by whatever means--and to the pursuit of Daisy, which amounts to the same thing. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says admiringly. His millions made, Gatsby buys a mansion across Long Island Sound from Daisy's patrician East Egg address, throws lavish parties, and waits for her to appear. When she does, events unfold with detached, cynical neighbor Nick Carraway acting as chorus throughout." (Goodreads)
The Great Gatsby fits into the Roaring 20's because....
It shows how the 20's were all about partying and not caring what is going on. It shows this numerous times throughout this book. One example would be how when Nick met with Myrtle and Tom. They went up to an apartment and had a party. Another example is Gatsby, he hosts parties every weekend and just anyone shows up to them and he rarely invites people. The difference between the parties is that some are more classier with well dressed people and others are people just having fun wearing whatever they want.
Another thing is keeping the perfect image within the class they are in. Its all about money, thats all most of the people care about. They want a lot of money and being able to buy whatever they want whenever. It also shows a lot about how people care more about there wealth status then anything else. They wont bother talking to someone who is lower than them. Only people from the same class or higher. If they do talk with them its in secret; like Tom and Myrtles relationship. He doesn't love her and wont leave Daisy for her because of her class and wealth. Same with Daisy, Tom has more money than Gatsby and can provide for her more and it keeps her image of a classy lady and not leaving her husband.