The Roaring Girl

“That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world- a beautiful little fool.” ‘The Roaring Twenties’ heralded a period of prosperity for many, which F. Scott Fitzgerald captures vibrantly in his tale of The Great Gatsby along with the roles of the sexes. The 20s held a wide spread attitude of male and female roles not overlapping and this idea of ‘separate spheres’ caused women to face a lack of rights. After the first world war women arrived at the conclusion that there should be more to life than

infantry assigned to camp Sheridan. He fell in love with an 18- year girl named Zelda Sayre. He wanted to get a good career to convince Zelda to marry him. Few months later he Quit his job and went to St.Paul to rewrite his novel. The Great Gatsby was written by Fitzgerald in 1925. Fitzgerald got inspired by the book he wrote,about the parties and actually went to Long Island on the North shore. The Great Gatsby book is mostly about how a girl named Daisy fell in love with two different men. The Great Gatsby

Money is the ultimate driving force. It controls people and holds the focus of many individuals worldwide, as well as both endangering the beholder and acting as a thick, green safety blanket. Simply put, every aspect of life involves money which leads to a great disparity between those who are wealthy and those who are not. This influence of wealth features prominently in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. A majority of the characters within this novel possess great amounts of wealth, as represented

Haylee Luttrell 305 English Atkinson July 2016 The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an influential novel that shows the importance society puts on money and that people often lose track of themselves because their eyes are focused on money instead of happiness. The book is narrated by Nick Carraway, a man who worked on Wall street. Nick tells the story about the main character Jay Gatsby who comes from nothing, then gets involved in the illegal alcohol

New York a couple of months ago for my dad’s job. My whole family loves it here, except for me. I would love it here if it wasn’t for Jess Mitchel. She is your typical high school bully that wants to make every girl’s life miserable. Being the new girl of the school makes me her next victim. Jess usually does most of her tormenting at the courtyard in front of our school, where everyone hangs out and all of the buses unload. As soon as I step off of the bus, the taunting begins. “Oh my gosh! What

sounds of the crowds roaring. The only thoughts going through everyone's head, is that this might be the last time we ever play together again. As soon as the song gets to the que we run out of the hallway under a tunnel made of arms, running into the moment that can make it or break it. A timeless sport filled with -- rapid movements, sweat, anxiety, and team cheering -- volleyball is a sport that many underestimate. There are countless people that say “Volleyball is a girl sport” or “volleyball

The Roaring 20s, The Jazz age, the 1920s was a time of great prosperity in the United States. The 1920s were an era of change, both politically and socially. Americans began to move into cities, rather than living on farms, and the nation's wealth more than doubled. Buying the same goods, listening to the same music, dancing the same dances, and overall having the same values, people felt united. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, these values are reflected in the characters’

This time was not just significant for women, but for all of Canada in general. Fads were extremely popular and the idea of what was ‘socially acceptable’ was constantly changing. In the early 1900s, women were held to extremely high expectations, more specifically an unnatural “S” figure1. Some mainstream clothing items were bustles, corsets and frills2. From the late 1900s to the early 1910s, clothing shapes became more natural, including loosened waists. An extremely popular clothing item during

Personal Reading Inventory Worksheet Title of Work: The Great Gatsby Author’s Name: F. Scott Fitzgerald Date of publication: April 10, 1925 Genre: Romance and Adventure Characteristics of the genre the work does/doesn’t meet: The work does meet the characteristic of having an obstacle that prevents love between two people. It also meets the characteristic of strong emotions, love at first sight, and having two protagonists. Setting: Time + Place + Atmosphere (mood or tone): It was the summer of 1922

instead, mocks societal views by portraying them as full of: greed, falseness, and carelessness. The roaring twenties was a time of prosperity for many. In the novel, this is depicted in a darker light, as greed through luxurious, custom built cars, jewels, and