The Great Gatsby

The 1920?s were a decade of money and power. In F. Scott Fitzgerald?s book The Great Gatsby, he combines the history along with the idea of the wealthy being in control. Fitzgerald uses the symbols of Gatsby?s shirts, his library, and the color yellow, along with the use of automobiles to express the wealthy. These symbols along with the theme wealth, describes the setting and relationship of the wealthy during the 1920?s. The …

…today?s society. Fitzgerald?s use of automobiles, libraries, shirts, and the color yellow shows wealth and power that Gatsby contained. These symbols go along with his theme of the wealthy. In the roaring twenties, people earned their money and gained power legally and illegally, in this case Jay Gatsby shows his wealth and power in trying to gain Daisy?s attention, but also it comes full circle and these people will let him down.