THe Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald Summer Reading Assignment 1. Describe Cover Art 2. Describe Roaring Twenties 3. Describe Characters

Some of the things that inspired the "Roaring Twenties" were the economical situations of the times such as the rise of the stock market and the end of the war. At this time, money in the U.S. was flowing freely among many Americans. Inventions were being patented, movies were being produced and life became better. Women became more liberal and the Jazz age/ Flapper culture began its development. I believe that the artwork on …

…I believe that Fitzgerald was trying to explain to the reader that the life in the North was based on the same ideas and concepts of the West even though the North seemed as a total different world. In one point, Nick tells us that the Island is " a fresh, green breast of the New World" (The Great Gatsby p.189), as to say that Long Island was this "breast" and the North, the New World.