What comes to mind when you hear 'the roaring twenties?' Well for me, not a whole lot. I know that it was a time when women got a lot more independence and lost a lot of hair and dress length. I'm guilty of not knowing very many historical facts about this time, but I just assumed that everything was still really old-fashioned and traditional. After reading The Great Gatsby, I believe that I may have been dead wrong.
I'm not a big fan of historical things (movies, books, etc.), so I wasn't really looking forward to this book. However, it seems as though F. Scott Fitzgerald is describing a dramatic love triangle drunken party scene that could have easily taken place in the 2000's. After reading the first chapter, I was totally stunned. I pictured a 1920's party as being very sophisticated with waltzing and expensive wine, not some huge drunken brawl where everyone was totally wasted. Seems more like our modern times, yet also more barbaric.
The way that the characters talk and act is also so similar to us humans now. I thought that all of the new advances in technology, etc. had completely morphed us into a whole different species. Apparently I was wrong. In the 1920's there was still cheating on spouses, fighting, and awkward conversations. I guess things never fully change!
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Wow I totally agree! I can't count the number of times I've heard of love triangles, or drunken parties, just like the ones described in this book! The only real difference I see is some of the dialogue they say. Great post chels!
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