1. We will be beginning journals once again
We will be beginning journals once again. Here is your journal for today:
You do not have a journal. Today we will be taking notes on The Modern Era as well as reviewing Unit 4 Vocab Words

2. Literature and Society In The Jazz Age
The Modern Era
Literature and Society In
The Jazz Age

3. World War I
American entered and fought with Romantic zeal on the war front and at home…

4. After the War It was supposed to be the “War to end all wars”
New and better ways to kill more people
Tanks, planes, bombs, chemicals, machine guns, flame throwers, grenades
Germany, Russia and Britain suffered at about a 50% casualty rate; France was at 75%

5. The Modern Age
New technologies of convenience: washing machines, telephones, refrigerators, stoves
Cars allowed for quicker, more widespread travel
These allowed for more free time, and the growth of entertainment industries
Movies, plays, radio, amusement parks, vacation destinations, beach-fronts
All of it could be bought with a new invention: CREDIT

7. The Lost Morals Despite Prohibition, alcohol was more widespread
With the invention of the car come the invention of the backseat
Fashions changed for women (bobbed hair, flapper dresses)

9. Flappers
Flappers were women who were characterized by their choice of bobbed hair, short skirts, and their enjoyment of jazz music. They were branded as brash for their enjoyment of casual sex, drinking, immoderate makeup, driving cars and smoking. The origins of flappers, ideologically, were seen as being rooted in liberalism.

10. F. Scott Fitzgerald Became the spokesperson for the Jazz Age
His life was a direct reflection of all things modern that comprised this era
His novels and short stories perfectly captured the tone, energy, hope and disappointment of the 1920s.

11. Fitzgerald’s Life
Fitzgerald was born to a middle-class family from Minnesota
Attended Princeton, where he began writing
He enlisted, but never fought, in WWI
His first novel, This Side of Paradise, was an overnight success, making him instantly well-known and wealthy
He married Zelda Sayre, whom he had met while in basic training

12. Fitzgerald’s Lifestyle
He and Zelda were the center of a wild social scene in New York
They traveled frequently with all the money he earned through his writing
He and Zelda also became alcoholics together, straining their money and marriage often
Fitzgerald frequently had to write his way out of debt