What does the Great Gatsby (2013) tell us about the 1920s in the United States?

What does life in America look like?

Despite the reality of the situation, overall it seemed like Americans were having a lot of fun during Prohibition. No book captures this wild and carefree time period quite like Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. The character of millionaire Jay Gatsby represents the extremes of 1920s wealth and decadence.

From new money to consumer culture to lavish parties, F ... Above all, Fitzgerald's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby has been hailed as the quintessential portrait of Jazz Age America, inspiring Hollywood adaptations populated by dashing bootleggers and glamorous flappers in short, fringed dresses

The American dream is of freedom and of social upward mobility through hard work and success