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F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby and The Roaring Twenties English II Literature
1920-1929: Changing Times An economy stimulated by WW1 fueled a massive economic boom. The 1920’s were a time of unprecedented social and technological change in so many areas:
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The decade of the twenties is often referred to as the “ Jazz Age’. However, the term has much as much to do with the jazzy atmosphere of the time as with the music! The Roaring Twenties
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Is The Great Gatsby a period piece, or does the novel step outside its time and address universal themes?

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"Gatsby" and the Roaring Twenties

  • 1. F Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby and The Roaring Twenties English II Literature
  • 2. 1920-1929: Changing Times An economy stimulated by WW1 fueled a massive economic boom. The 1920’s were a time of unprecedented social and technological change in so many areas:
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  • 5. The decade of the twenties is often referred to as the “ Jazz Age’. However, the term has much as much to do with the jazzy atmosphere of the time as with the music! The Roaring Twenties
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  • 20. Modernism in the Twenties
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  • 27. Is The Great Gatsby a period piece, or does the novel step outside its time and address universal themes?