The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald - 1292 Words

The book The Great Gatsby is often taught in high schools around the world. The book was written over 90 years ago, and despite that the book is still very common in high schools. The book if often used to show the beauty and relevance of the character Gatsby and other symbols within the book. The story of Gatsby is set in New York City and on Long Island, within two locations known as West Egg and East Egg. These areas would be the Great Neck and Port Washington peninsulas on Long Island, in real life. The story is set just after World War 1 and in the middle of prohibition, which is actually a big factor in the story as Gatsby makes his money bootlegging; selling illegal alcohol. Gatsby throws these huge grand parties every weekend in†¦show more content†¦This is very unfortunate and is not a good trend that is happening among high school English teachers. The Great Gatsby was published in 1925 and has become one of the biggest pieces of American fiction of its time. The b ook initially was not much of a success but over the years has become a classic piece of American fiction. The book shows how society was during the time in which the book was published. It is because of this the book has become a good way to see how America was back in the 1920s. F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of The Great Gatsby, is able to preserve how this generation’s political and social ways were during this very historic time period. Politically this time period was a time of growth and prosperity, along with being a time of corruption. World War 1 had ended in 1919, just before the time period that Fitzgerald’s book is in, and Warren G. Harding took presidency in 1920. One of Harding’s major goals was to bring the country back to normal; how it was before the war. Harding’s administration was full of scandals and corruption, and opposition that was fueled by unions and organized crimes. His administration used businesses to rebuild the country, after World War 1. Due to this the administration sided with management in labor disputes over things such as minimum wage, unions, and child labor. Tax legislation also benefited the wealthy more than any other social group as a result of