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"She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” p. 17

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"She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” p. 17

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This relates to the roles of women in the 1920s role. Women had diminished role and were born with disadvantages compared to men.

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“I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard?” p. 12

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“I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard?” p. 12

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Tom doesn’t believe any other race other than whites should hold power in important matters.

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"About half way between West Egg and New York the motor rod hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land." p. 23

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"About half way between West Egg and New York the motor rod hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land." p. 23

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Railroads at the time made up a huge industry in the US because robber barons, or the wealthy investors at the time, would form trusts and monopolies over railroads so that they could eliminate the competition and become wealthier. Examples of these types of people include John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.

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“I almost made a mistake, too,” she declared vigorously. “I almost married a little kike who’d been after me for years. I knew he was below me. Everybody kept saying to me ‘Lucille, that man’s way below you!’ But if I hadn’t met Chester, he’d of got me sure.” p. 34

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“I almost made a mistake, too,” she declared vigorously. “I almost married a little kike who’d been after me for years. I knew he was below me. Everybody kept saying to me ‘Lucille, that man’s way below you!’ But if I hadn’t met Chester, he’d of got me sure.” p. 34

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Mrs. McKee believes that she is racially superior to this Jewish man solely because of his religious values. She is very anti semitic, which shows attitudes towards Jewish people at the time during the 1920s.

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"By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums." p. 40

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"By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums." p. 40

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The music at the time required multiple instruments and orchestras which is much different to how music has evolved today. During the 1920s, live music like this was much more popular.

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"On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight..."

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"On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight..."

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This shows the way people showed off their wealth. They are showing off their cars and going to biug partiesshowing off their status and high lifestyles.

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"He's the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919" p. 73

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"He's the man who fixed the World's Series back in 1919" p. 73

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This is a reference to the Black Sox Scandal, where 8 members of the Chicago White Sox apparently intentionally lost the 1919 World Series while playing against the Cincinnati Reds. This is an example of wealthy people being corrupt.

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"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life. I accepted a commission as first lieutenant when it began. In the Argonne Forest I took two machine-gun detachments so far forward that there was half mile gap on either side of us where the infantry couldn't advance." p. 66

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"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life. I accepted a commission as first lieutenant when it began. In the Argonne Forest I took two machine-gun detachments so far forward that there was half mile gap on either side of us where the infantry couldn't advance." p. 66

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World War 1 had just ended during this time period. Since it has been 4 years since it officially ended, it is easier for Gatsby to talk about to Nick. However, since he took part in the war, it's still easy to remember because it has been proven that soldiers that return from a long war seem to remember a large amount of what they experienced.

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"In the morning, In the evening, Ain't we got fun..."   "One thing's sure and nothing's surer                              The rich get richer and the poor get--children                                             In the meantime,                       In between time--" Pg. 95                    

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"In the morning, In the evening, Ain't we got fun..."   "One thing's sure and nothing's surer                              The rich get richer and the poor get--children                                             In the meantime,                       In between time--" Pg. 95                    

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Rich people had little problems in life and lived happy lives of partying and having little responsibilities, while the poor had to struggle with raising a family and having to struggle with getting enough money to feed themselves and their family.

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"Sit right down. Have a cigarette or a cigar." He walked around the room quickly, ringing bells. "I'll have something to drink for you in just a minute." p. 101

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"Sit right down. Have a cigarette or a cigar." He walked around the room quickly, ringing bells. "I'll have something to drink for you in just a minute." p. 101

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During this time period, people would think that smoking was cool and it became a normal thing to do within society. People were less aware of its health effects. There weren't any places where smoking was restricted where as today, smoking is restricted in numerous places in our society.

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"A pale well-dressed negro stepped near." p. 139

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"A pale well-dressed negro stepped near." p. 139

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The casual usage of the word negro shows that this day in it was perfectly acceptable for someone to call a black person that, but if it was said today the person saying it would be under a lot of heat and pressure.

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"Taking out my time-table, I drew a small circle around the three-fifty train. Then I leaned back in my chair and tried to think. It was just noon." p. 155

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"Taking out my time-table, I drew a small circle around the three-fifty train. Then I leaned back in my chair and tried to think. It was just noon." p. 155

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During the 1920s, people would have to use "time tables" to determine what time the train they wanted to ride left the station and what trains were available on that particular day. Today, people can always look on line to see when a train leaves "Metro-North" for example, but it seems much more complicated and old-fashioned to use time tables.

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"All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the Beale Street Blues while a hundred pairs of golden and silvers slippers shuffled the shining dust" page 151

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"All night the saxophones wailed the hopeless comment of the Beale Street Blues while a hundred pairs of golden and silvers slippers shuffled the shining dust" page 151

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This shows the new type of music listened to in the Roaring Twenties. In the Roaring Twenties young people wanted to party and they did constantly living extravagant and eventful lives.

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"I saw it in the Chicago newspaper," he said. "It was all in the Chicago newspaper, I started right away." p. 167

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"I saw it in the Chicago newspaper," he said. "It was all in the Chicago newspaper, I started right away." p. 167

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Newspapers during this time period was the only real form of "Breaking News" in American society. Today, we receive constant alerts that tell us what is going on at all times. Mr. Gatz, who is talking in the passage above, waited a much longer amount of time to coincidentally hear about his son's death.

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"Most of those reports were a nightmare-grotesque, circumstantial, eager, and untrue." p 163

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"Most of those reports were a nightmare-grotesque, circumstantial, eager, and untrue." p 163

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This shows how media, both back then and today likes to twist and stretch the truth to get a better story out of what happens. Everyone is obsessed with getting a story out even if it's untrue.