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The Great Gatsby

The Roaring 20’s. The Great Gatsby. World War I. Over There WWI. 20’s References to Men. bimbo. hard boiled. hood. big six. daddy. sheik. fly boy. bell bottom. 18 th Amendment. Bootlegging. Boardwalk Empire . Arnold Rothstein. An extensive gambler and loan shark

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The Great Gatsby

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  1. The Roaring 20’s The Great Gatsby

  2. World War I

  3. Over ThereWWI

  4. 20’s References to Men bimbo hard boiled hood big six daddy sheik fly boy bell bottom

  5. 18th Amendment

  6. Bootlegging • Boardwalk Empire

  7. Arnold Rothstein • An extensive gambler and loan shark • Known for Fixing 1919 World Series with the White Sox • After he left gambling, he moved onto drug-dealing, boot-legging, and labor racketeering. • Arnold Rothstein Clip • Best of Arnold Rothstein

  8. The Jazz Age

  9. 20’s Fashion

  10. 20’s Cars These two certainly are not jalopies!!

  11. 20’s Cars You would really be putting on the Ritz if you drove one of these!!

  12. 20’s Cars Aren’t these cars the cat’s meow!!

  13. 19thAmendent

  14. 20’s References to Women baby flapper moll tomato dame gold digger dumb dora jane doll

  15. F. Scott Fitzgerald • Born in a middle-class neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota • His family was not prosperous • Went to Princeton and formed friendships with campus intellectuals • Failed to make the football team and felt the disappointment for years • Fitzgerald quit college to join the army, but the war ended before he saw active service.

  16. F. Scott Fitzgerald • Stationed in Montgomery, Alabama, he met and courted Zelda Sayre. • Zelda rejected him. • He went to NYC to make a fortune and win Zelda. • After Fitzgerald published his first novel, he and Zelda were married. • They had one daughter.

  17. F. Scott Fitzgerald • The Fitzgeralds moved to Europe and lived a lavish lifestyle • The Fitzgeralds succumbed to enormous debts. • Scott became an alcoholic. Zelda had a mental breakdown and spent the remainder of her life in mental institutions.

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