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4.  Emily Carr was one of Canada's most famous painters. People did not understand or appreciate Carr's new form of expression that emphasized strength, emotion and spiritual beauty in bold bright colors.

This painting is one of Emily Carr's and uses lots of vivid green and blue hues to emphasize the beauty of nature. Carr paints the boats very big to show the strength of the people who built them.

This is similar to our current society because we usually like to buy the brighter colored pictures or paintings. We also like the things that portray strength since it makes us feel strong too.

https://thewalrus.ca/emily-carrs-british-columbia/

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6. Common literary themes focus on the writers experience in WWI and the years following it.  One of the themes that commonly appears in the authors' works is decadence and the frivolous lifestyle of the wealthy.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44697/the-tropics-in-new-york

The link above takes you to a poem that demonstrates immigration during the 1920s. It expresses the concerns and worries of those who traveled to the United States, because of a better life.  Furthermore, the poem also captures what the United States isn't: natural and tropical.

The poetry contrasts the values in our society and those of the 1920s. The literature of the 1920s demonstrated the impact of war, immigration, materialism, and cultural expansion in the United States. On the other hand, our present day society is marked with technology and globalization.

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3.  Artists such as Aaron Douglas created paintings with
stylized art that reflected African Americans’ racial pride
and collective historical experience.

This painting is by Jacob Lawrence and shows the historical experience of African Americans because during the early years of America there was a large majority of African Americans that were Christians and this painting shows them embracing their history. There is a man standing up in the church worshiping excitedly and it shows that he is not ashamed of his background.

This is similar to our society today because in my neighborhood there are many predominantly African American churches and they all worship enthusiastically.

https://reli.rice.edu/graduate/african-american-religion

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2.  For most of the decade, the studios made silent pictures.
They were an ideal entertainment at a time when millions
of immigrants spoke little English. Motion pictures
transcended languages and even literacy, treating
universal themes in familiar ways that allowed any viewer
to follow the stories.

https://archive.org/details/DasKabinettdesDoktorCaligariTheCabinetofDrCaligari

When watching this film all the viewers can feel the suspense building throughout the movie. They don't need to know English to understand that something bad is about to happen, then can interpret the music and colors of the pictures.

It contrasts with our current society because today our movies have tons of dialogue. If kids today were to watch a silent film, they would quickly loose interest. We are dependent on dialogue in our entertainment to keep our interest.

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Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly solo and nonstop
across the Atlantic Ocean. After his 33 hour flight, he
represented a new kind of popular hero- grounded in
America’s traditional past but also a visionary symbol of a
modernized future.

To the right is a picture of Charles Lindbergh with his Spirit of St. Louis, which helped him to fly across the Atlantic Ocean successfully. This marked the technological improvement and modernization of airplanes, during this period of history.
it.

In contrast to our modern day, airplanes are used throughout the world. In addition, airplanes have globalized our world.

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Trumpet player Louis Armstrong became the unofficial
ambassador of jazz. His ability to play the trumpet and
his subtle sense of improvisation made him a legend and
influenced the development of jazz.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPQ7coihWYY

In this link is an original recording of Louis Armstrong in his Recording Studio. The snippet films his recording his album called "Satchmo Plays King Oliver".

In current society, most people listen to pop and rap music, which both mark our generation. However, in the 1920s, most people experienced Jazz music.

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2.  The New Woman of the 1920s, or the flapper, wore
dresses with shorter hemlines, put on more makeup,
danced to the latest crazes, and generally assumed that
she had the same political and social rights as any man.

This photograph shows the new outfits of women in the 1920s. There is a man with them to emphasize that they can be on the same level and go to the same parties men do.

In our current society women don't dress exactly like flappers, but they have the same ideas about being equal to men. We still believe that we should have the same political and social rights as men do.

http://janetsfox.com/2014/12/roaring-twenties-may-not-know-post-4-flappers/