1. Life in the 1920s

2. Events in the 1920s  WWI ends on November 11, 1918 (Armistice)  1918 - 1929: Known as the Jazz Age  January 1919: 18th Amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of all alcoholic beverages  During the 1920s organized crime thrived in part because of bootlegging and speakeasies  August 1920: 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote  November 1920: First radio broadcast (beginning of mass media and mass media advertising = roaring 20s)  1925: Flapper dress introduced (represents not just fashion, but also changing roles and values in society)  1923-1929: industrial output and products almost doubled in production  WWI ends on November 11, 1918 (Armistice)  1918 - 1929: Known as the Jazz Age  January 1919: 18th Amendment prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of all alcoholic beverages  During the 1920s organized crime thrived in part because of bootlegging and speakeasies  August 1920: 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote  November 1920: First radio broadcast (beginning of mass media and mass media advertising = roaring 20s)  1925: Flapper dress introduced (represents not just fashion, but also changing roles and values in society)  1923-1929: industrial output and products almost doubled in production

3.  1925: Harlem Renaissance thrived (musical, written, and artistic African American movement and growth, often in urban centers)  1926: Ford Motor Company begins paying $6 a day wages and established the 40-hour work week  1927: Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight around the world.  October 1927: First talking movie, The Jazz Singer  February 1929: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre  October 29, 1929 Stock Market crashes and ends the recklessness of the Jazz Age  1925: Harlem Renaissance thrived (musical, written, and artistic African American movement and growth, often in urban centers)  1926: Ford Motor Company begins paying $6 a day wages and established the 40-hour work week  1927: Charles Lindbergh makes first solo flight around the world.  October 1927: First talking movie, The Jazz Singer  February 1929: St. Valentine’s Day Massacre  October 29, 1929 Stock Market crashes and ends the recklessness of the Jazz Age

4. F. Scott Fitzgerald  Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896  Named for his ancestor, Francis Scott Key (Star- Spangled Banner composer)  Family was part of upper middle class society  He struggled in school and in sports, but was a good writer even in his youth.  Attended Princeton University in 1913  Served in U.S. Army from 1917-1919, but no service overseas  While stationed in Alabama, met and fell in love with Zelda Sayre.  Zelda was beautiful, exciting, and somewhat unstable. She was often called a flapper!  Born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896  Named for his ancestor, Francis Scott Key (Star- Spangled Banner composer)  Family was part of upper middle class society  He struggled in school and in sports, but was a good writer even in his youth.  Attended Princeton University in 1913  Served in U.S. Army from 1917-1919, but no service overseas  While stationed in Alabama, met and fell in love with Zelda Sayre.  Zelda was beautiful, exciting, and somewhat unstable. She was often called a flapper!

5.  March 1920 Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise. The novel was an immediate best-seller.  In April 1920 he married Zelda (after he gained some wealth) and they moved to New York.  In October 1921 they had one child together, a daughter named Frances (nicknamed Scottie). After her birth, they temporarily moved back to Minnesota.  Zelda had a mental breakdown in 1930 and was institutionalized in 1934. She would spend the rest of her life in and out of mental hospitals.  The Great Gatsby was published in 1925.  March 1920 Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise. The novel was an immediate best-seller.  In April 1920 he married Zelda (after he gained some wealth) and they moved to New York.  In October 1921 they had one child together, a daughter named Frances (nicknamed Scottie). After her birth, they temporarily moved back to Minnesota.  Zelda had a mental breakdown in 1930 and was institutionalized in 1934. She would spend the rest of her life in and out of mental hospitals.  The Great Gatsby was published in 1925.

6.  Scott and Zelda lived a life of luxury, but often struggled with money and drinking. They did not have a calm marriage.  He published Tender Is the Night in 1934.  Fitzgerald began working for Hollywood studios as a writer in the 1930s.  He died in 1940 of heart failure. His last work, The Last Tycoon was finish by his friend Edmund Wilson after Fitzgerald’s death.  Zelda died about 8 years later in 1948 because of a fire in a mental hospital. (She was in a locked cell and could not escape the fire.)  Scott and Zelda lived a life of luxury, but often struggled with money and drinking. They did not have a calm marriage.  He published Tender Is the Night in 1934.  Fitzgerald began working for Hollywood studios as a writer in the 1930s.  He died in 1940 of heart failure. His last work, The Last Tycoon was finish by his friend Edmund Wilson after Fitzgerald’s death.  Zelda died about 8 years later in 1948 because of a fire in a mental hospital. (She was in a locked cell and could not escape the fire.)

7. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

8. The Great Gatsby  Major Characters in the novel:  Nick Carraway (narrator, from the midwest, lives in West Egg)  Jay Gatsby (Nick’s mysterious and wealthy neighbor)  Daisy Buchanan (Nick’s wealthy cousin who lives in East Egg)  Tom Buchanan (Married to Daisy, wealthy, and arrogant)  Myrtle and George Wilson (live in the valley of ashes and are not wealthy)  Jordan Baker (wealthy golfer, Daisy’s friend, lives in East Egg) Question to ponder… *How are the characters in The Great Gatsby reflective of the 1920s and F. Scott Fitzgeralds’s life?  Major Characters in the novel:  Nick Carraway (narrator, from the midwest, lives in West Egg)  Jay Gatsby (Nick’s mysterious and wealthy neighbor)  Daisy Buchanan (Nick’s wealthy cousin who lives in East Egg)  Tom Buchanan (Married to Daisy, wealthy, and arrogant)  Myrtle and George Wilson (live in the valley of ashes and are not wealthy)  Jordan Baker (wealthy golfer, Daisy’s friend, lives in East Egg) Question to ponder… *How are the characters in The Great Gatsby reflective of the 1920s and F. Scott Fitzgeralds’s life?

9. Concepts in The Great Gatsby  Search for self  The American dream  “Old” money versus “new” money  Isolation  Carelessness of the very wealthy  Can you repeat the past?  Decay of American values  Search for self  The American dream  “Old” money versus “new” money  Isolation  Carelessness of the very wealthy  Can you repeat the past?  Decay of American values