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gatsby context
fitzegerald
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gained a place at princeton, but never graduated, instead enlisting in the army
stationed in Montgomery, alabama, where he met zelda
zelda agreed to marry him, but had an overpowering desire for wealth, so only agreed to the wedding when fitzgerald proved himself as a writer
fell into a life of wild parties, whilst trying to write to raise money for zelda's lifestyle
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literary
realism
literary movement originating in the 19th century, seeking to depict the world and people as they really are
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reactionary against romanticism, which protrays an idealised world driven by strong emotion
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modernism
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modernist writers were interested in the individual internal experience and drew on theories of the unconscious
modernists were interested in stylistic exploration, fashioning new literary forms to explore breakdowns in traditional modes of communication
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historical
jazz age
explores major development of the 1920s, such as women's suffrage, new technology, economic prosperity, the birth of jazz, and the growth of Manhattan,
characters served in the war (gatsby, nick) which established the US as a global superpower
jazz myusic was brought to a myainstream audience through black singers, causing ramifications due to segregation
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the white wealthy characters listen to jazz myusic, but do not socialise with black characters
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witnessed positive change for women, with them gaining the right to vote and increasingly finding employment
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prohibition
the 1920s were the height of the prohibition, pbanning the ownership or production of alchol under the 18th amendenment
aimed to rid the country of social ills caused by alcohol, but instead forced distribution and production fo liquor underground in illegal distribution rings
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