The Great Gatsby

Society has gone through a numerous amount of different stages in its lifetime on this earth. There was the Stone Age, Gilded Age, Jazz Age, and many other different ages. F. Scott Fitzgerald chose to narrate his story in the Jazz Age. With the progression of time throughout our ages also comes along the progression of change. The Jazz Age contains many differences from the current time era and age that people live in today. In the Jazz Age, the western and eastern sides of the main character’s world and the women and men are of a different nature than the society of the present time. F. Scott Fitzgerald makes sure to use specific details to describe these changes from the past age to the present one.
The fact that west and east are different directions coincides with the fact that the western and eastern areas have differences of their own when compared. “Middle west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe.” (Fitzgerald, 7) F. Scott Fitzgerald seemed to believe that the west was not a suitable place for someone who did not want drama, extreme difficulty, and other annoying things in their lives. Gossip was abundant in the West. In The Great Gatsby, the main character was asked by his cousin, Daisy, if he was currently engaged on his visit to her house. This was a large rumor that was made in the West and managed to provide itself with transformation to Daisy, who lived in the East. Bond business workers were found in numerously large amounts in the East. The main character in The Great Gatsby moved to the East because of the fact that he planned on furthering his life through becoming a bond business worker. “Before I could reply that he was my neighbor dinner was announced.” (Fitzgerald, 16) In the East, many things were rushed from the possibility of people being nervous about the things they engaged in. This brought many occasions to be viewed as boring and not interesting because of everything being in such a rush and at such a fast pace. Even though the story is told after the civil war, and slavery was abolished, whites still harbored a hatred and sense of dominance over blacks. “It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things.” (Fitzgerald, 17) “We’ve produced all the things that go to make civilization.” (Fitzgerald, 18) Eastern whites believed that they created all the things used in and by society. The women and men are also different in the time era set for The Great Gatsby when compared to our current time era.
Women and men have gone through tremendous changes over the years that have passed by. Women were to be charming and give people around them a sense that they are loved. Even if the women had to fake their feelings, they had to make sure that they made their guests or others around them feel welcomed. They had to wear nice dresses, have good posture, and speak proper dialogue. Women may tend to be nervous and would not say much to men, unless they were familiarized with them. They placed their hands on hips when walking or escorting men somewhere. “And I hope she’ll be a fool.” (Fitzgerald, 18) Daisy was hoping for her daughter to be a fool because she did not want her daughter to have to be smart enough to go through all the troubles that women had to do with. It was a rarity to find a thirty-year old man being placed in the rich society. Differences occurred as the future has been coming.
F. Scott Fitzgerald makes sure to use specific details to describe these changes from the past age to the present one. Our societies have continuously been changing over time and time as it passes by. In a certain amount of years later, society will change yet again.