The Great Gatsby :: F. Scott Fitzgerald

The bang-up Gatsby and the 1920sAlcohol was banned in every state, the Womans Right Movement make full cities and The Great Gatsby was published. What do all of these things lose in common? All of these events made up one decade, the 1920s. None of these radical events were present during World state of war 1 life was very different and changed in a short amount of time. The 20s were a time of free will and revolution. Great examples of these events are told in The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which will help to view the differences in the social changes before and after the war.Law enforcement was not stable during the 1920s. In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby were on the way to meet Jays business partner, Wolfshiem, when they were stopped by a practice of law officer. All right, old sport, called Gatsby. We slowed down. Taking a white card from his wallet, he waved it before the mans eyes.Right you are, agreed the policeman, tipping his cap. Know you nex t time, Mr. Gatsby. Excuse ME (Fitzgerald 46) Before World War 1, Jay would have gotten a ticket. Instead of the policeman giving Jay a ticket, Jay flashed him a white piece of paper and the police officer apologized for interrupting Jay Gatsby and left. This is an example of crooked cops in the 1920s. The police officer did not fulfill his duties, but instead let Jay go because Jay had some sort of business office over the officer. Police officers often abused their authority in the 1920s. People were often beat by cops that had a different opinion than others. Police officers broke the law by going to illegal speakeasies and insobriety because according to the 21st and 18th amendments, alcohol was prohibited during this time. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is a main character. Jay is a man with a lot of money and no one knows how he came to be so rich. Jay claims to have gotten a large inheritance, but most people believe he was a bootlegger. Hes a bootlegger, said the young la dies, moving somewhere between his cocktails and flowers (Fitzgerald 41). A bootlegger is a person who smuggled alcohol around the United States during prohibition. This is how galore(postnominal) people made money during this time. Bootlegging and organized crime went hand-in-hand in the 1920s. Finest specimens of human molars, he informed me (Fitzgerald 48).