Men With Intent

We men see thing whether its a object or a person, we go after it and strive for it. The men of Gatsby have a similar approach to their lives as we've read you can see how personalities effect the outcome of situations. Intentions in great Gatsby are mostly not so good, the only guy with good intentions is Nick. Nick is a moral all around good guy and has a nice life.

Gatsby has pretty good intentions but the outcome isn't always like you expect. He meets Daisy years back and never seems to forget about her. He strives to be wealthy and becomes that to gain Daisy back and Gatsby also moves close to her to keep an eye on her. He sort of uses Nick to get to Daisy, this intention is wrong cause I believe they should been friend because they wanted to.

Tom as well his intentions to be happy lead to him having an affair. He cheats on Daisy with Myrtle. This ends bad she get killed by Daisy and that's that. The men of Great Gatsby all have a bit different view on situations and the a big Difference








This Is Tom Strong Guy.

Self-Loving Women of the Eggs

In The Great Gatsby there are many instances that show us the conceit of many women in West & East Egg. The biggest example we can provide, is Daisy she thinks that everything and everyone orbit around here world. Many women in these cities also act or work in the way Daisy does.

The believe that everyone has to love them, and the go to drastic measures for people to realize that they are there. We think this is the exactly reason Daisy is the way she is, as most people will say "annoying".

In our opinion this is the main reason most men of theses cities are caught committing adultery with other women, that aren't as conceited as their wives.

Unequally Yolked Cities

Well in Great Gatsby we have constant comparison between East egg and West egg, we notice that East Egg is the city with aristocratic wealth were Daisy and Tom reside. West Egg is for the newly rich were Gatsby and Nick live.  West egg is looked down on by the East Egg citizens because they share a different taste in areas of their lives.

Fitzgerald portrays West Egg people as gaudy, and lacking in the social graces. West Egg is the opposite and is portrayed as a place of great taste and elegance. This is a lot like society today we look at the negative areas not necessarily income, even though that comes into play, but we look at attitudes social status and look.

We see this throughout the novel and realize the conflict and it seems to be no different from today. I think its about keeping yourself humble so you don't look like a snotty East Egg er and simply separate yourself from the rest of society. I hope that we can look at each other in Love and not in worldly things.

Selfish Ambition

Selfishness has been around forever and these are things we cant seem to just figure out its basically our human nature. Selfishness has to have played a huge roll in the 1920's,from the rich,the mobs,and the business organizations. We see the 1920's as a great time in history but it has its own selfish inlet.

The Great Gatsby is rooted selfishness and greed, from the money that Gatsby attains to Tom leaving using women to get what he wants. Characters are used through selfish ambition and greed to get to certain people for their own happiness. Selfish people don't understand the consequences of their actions.

I leave u with some pictures of some selfish people of the 1920's and of today. Greed is the underlying theme of this book along with selfishness. The 1920's overall was a time of social change and so on.

GATSBY'S MONEY V. MY MONEY

In The Great Gatsby Mr. Scott compares the significance of old money versus new money. In our opinion the new money is represented by Jay Gatsby, which makes his living mostly off illegal under the table activities. In this category,  it could be a variety of things including alcohol, drugs, and gambling.

On the other hand as Gatsby briefly describes through the story, Tom Buchanan is well-off because of his old money that he receive. When we say this we mean Tom is one of the many children or even child that receive money handed down from generation to generation.

In our opinion, we think that old money loses the human moral of striving to become rich or even to successfully conquer the American Dream. We say this because, it is easier for someone to get the American Dream with old money, than working hard to get it with new money. Even if the new money is fueled by illegal acts.

In the pictures below we showed the old money compared to the new money.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Man

To me Fitzgerald is a man of creat creativity who has left a real dent in our world today. I see him as I see a legend, who has accomplished  all his goals and really lived a full life. Scott has written many timeless book in his life time and has given us all a glimpse into his character and self perception.

Fitzgerald seemed to have bloomed in nineteen twenty five when he published the Great Gatsby. This book pretty cool and gives us a window into history, the 1920's were jazz and flappers were the entertainment peaks. Francis was born in 1896 and lived a short  life that ended in 1940 but he really did leave a lasting impact on us. He enlisted in the army during WW1 and he survived and we can see that he's depicted like Nick in the Novel great Gatsby.

He met the love of his life Zelda he was obessed with her and he loved her. They were engaged then Zelda didn't
believe in his writing of novels so she called it off. later they got married and lived good lives with one kid and he wrote about Zelda all the time in his novels. Thats pretty much who Francis is.

The Roaring 1920's

The 1920's was a time of conservatives and also a time of great social change. From politics to the world of glam, fame, and fortune. Powers clashed to creat this epoch of time named the roaring twenties. Moral decay but financial gain and prosperous living conditions.


There were three kinds of music Jazz JAzz and JAzz. Yup this was the jazz age were greats like Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith ruled the music charts with thier eccentric music . The young ruled everything from celebrities to the top fashions for every season of the year. If it was new and young it got the job done.

This was the age of downfall. The age of great social change, and the age of prohibition. Mafia wars,flappers,speakeasies,and bootleggers. I think the nineteen twenties was a time of immoral behavior and a time that really shaped what the future had coming for them. I believe it's the most influential decade in the 20th century. 

Excitement in West & East Eggs

The 1920’s is an era of major change. There were many changes in fashions, music, inventions, politics, and the big stock market crash. The two that mainly tie into the Great Gatsby so far are the fashions and music. The change of these two created a new era of what was called the “Flappers”.



These Flappers looked at themselves to be very outgoing, extravagant, and different from everyone else. Flappers often consisted of Young people who began to model themselves on movie and sports stars that represented a glamorous new age. With all the good people thought the Flappers brought, they soon realized that some of their habits seemed to be immoral. What we mean by this is they often smoked, use vulgarity, and were selfish at times.


In The Great Gatsby many of the parties on the East and West Eggs consisted of Flappers. This often brought more excitement to parties and lured people to future ones.



Site: Flappers of the 1920’s.
http://www.1920-30.com/fashion/flapper.html


Flappers Dance

Did Prohibition Really Work?

Well we noticed that Gatsby takes place around the same time the prohibition was instituted and noticed that Tom was drinking alcohol in chapter one. He seems to be a jerk and probably goes to speakeasies to relieve his anger/rude behavior. He's also cheating on his wife, he's an all around idiot.

The 1920's was a time when culture change impacted almost all. America was just recently out of the war and these young men and women were looking for things to do to change their normal lives. The war made it possible for the people to attain jobs and save money so that after the war people were loaded with money. People just started buying things and then getting into debt.

This sounds just like today, our cultures moral values are non-existent and were are daring to question

our values. Great Gatsby is all about the culture change and how prohibition changed the way our country runs, introducing us to organized gang crime. Prohibition has affected the U.S. in ways the entertainment business has affected the youth of America.

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