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Historical Context of The Great Gatsby - Coggle Diagram
Historical Context of The Great Gatsby
The Jazz Age & The Roaring Twenties
America's economy boomed
Women's independence increased
Jordan Baker's character represents these women
Women took over men's jobs during World War 1
The time of the "flappers"
The US banned Alcohol consumption
considered it a dangerous drug
An illegal bar appeared (Speakeasies)
The Black Sox Fix of 1919
The 1919 World Series
Chicago White Sox were heavily favored to win
players' salaries were cut back
the White Sox threatened to strike against their owner
Gatsby tells Nick that Wolfsheim was "the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919."
New York City and the Urban Corruption
NYC was under the control of Irish politicians
Bootlegging, prostitution and gambling thrived
Police ignored the illegal activities
Meyer Wolfsheim's character represents Arnold Rothstein
was engaged in a monopoly of gambling
Rosy Rosenthal's murder exposed Tammany Hall's corruption
The cover Artwork
Fitzgerald's editor commissioned a full-color, illustrated jacket design from the Spanish artist Francis Cugat
The piece was completed seven months before the novel
Fitzgerald may have used it to inspire his own imagery
