The time period in the story The Great Gatspy is around the 1920s. This is the time period when money was going around and the wealthy people had significantly more than the middle class. We learned in history class that during this time the top .01% had the same money as the bottom 50% combined. Money gave a huge affect mentally and made average citizens look up to wealthy people. This let there be a huge gap difference in social status as you see in the book. Nick is describing Tom's house in chapter 1 and the way he is talking about it makes Tom sound godly (Fitzgerald 8).
The economy was the main thing that affected the time period of the story. Because of the time period with technology developing many high end companies had loads of money while the average citizens stayed where they were. The common people then looked up to all the people with money which expanded the social classes. Even Nick has a good job as a stock broker, but to Gatspy and Tom he hardly had anything.
- Jared Jorden
I would also have to agree that the economy for the time period The Great Gatsby is set it, has a significant impact on the characters. I can't imagine Gatsby or Tom acting the ways they do, if it wasn't for the amount of money they had. Not to mention that wealth and social status most likely keep Daisy with Tom. Perhaps Nick is the only consistantly kind and unbiased one because he isn't rich. -Shayla McFarland
ReplyDeleteI agree with olivia, it is definitely for sure the time period that has a great affect on the characters in the novel. Without the time period, honestly I don't think half of the things that happen wouldn't happen. The things such as the Great War, the stocks, and how people viewed money
ReplyDeleteLuke Knollinger