Roaring Twenties
During the 1920s, the stock market helped increase investment in stocks. Many investors profited quickly, but since the market was no regulated corrupt brokers manipulated many. One of the big reasons people were drawn to the stock market was because you could buy shares "on margin," a form of credited purchases. (Ladenburg and Brockunier 25-30)Brockunier, S. H., and Samuel H. Ladenburg. The Prosperity and Depression Decades. New York: Hayden Book Company, Inc., 1971. Fitzgerald, Scott F. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1925. Jacqueline, Farrell. The Great Depression. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc., 1996. Pietrusza, David. The Roaring Twenties. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc., 1998. Nick Carraway, a wealthy man, moves into a big house in West Egg. Nick had many parties, and through the parties he met Tom Buchanan, a
Just to understand what it was like when Fitzgerald wrote this novel, I'm going to give a brief description of what it was like in the 1920's. They were known as the Roaring Twenties because the economy at the time was through the roof and people were partying all over the place. During the Roaring Twenties: alcohol was prohibited, the economy soared, and at the end of all this it all crashed, leading to the Great Depression. Fitzgerald, Scott F. The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1925. Pietrusza, David. The Roaring Twenties. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc., 1998. Jacqueline, Farrell. The Great Depression. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc., 1996. n abusive husband. Tom was married to Daisy. They had many problems in their marriage. One was an affair between Tom and Myrtle, and Daisy fell in love with Gatsby. Gatsby found out about Dai
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