![]() ![]() Considering all the social classes as well as the representatives that are mentioned in the novel would go beyond the scope of this research paper. I have to concentrate on a few specific examples. In order to show evidence for my hypothesis thatįitzgerald realistically describes typical representatives of the existing social classes in the post war decade. His greatest and most famous novel "The Great Gatsby" was published in 1925 and is a perfect example of his talent to describe social circumstances.We can find a lot about "Class in the USA in the 1920s" in his novel. Long p.177) of the golden years, "He named the Jazz age" (Long p.177). Fitzgerald is often described as "central to the American twenties" (Long p.177), as chronicler (cf. Scott Fitzgerald) as well as with the struggle of society to find spiritual happiness besides the material wealth (cf. His books deal with the idealism and the disillusionment of the post- World War I decade (cf. From 1937 on Fitzgerald lived and worked in Hollywood he died there (with one book unfinished "The Last Tycoon") in 1940. Together with other famous writers of the twenties such as Ernest Hemingway he settled in Paris for some time: they are referred to as the "lost generation". In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre of Alabama. Paul, Minnesota he studied at Princeton University, and in 1917 joined the army. Social Classes as Described in the Novel "The Great Gatsby" ![]() ![]() Social Classes in the Nineteen-TwentiesĢ. ![]()
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