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October 17, 2006
The Great
Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most prominent American writers of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th cc. His work may be viewed as the reflection of his time and the novel "The Great Gatsby" is, probably, the best example that can prove this statement. It was written at that period of American history when people worried the most about their prosperity and richness though one may say that such values were typical for Americans, it was, and by the way still is, so called 'American dream'. Also it was time when people earned a lot of money illegally using different means to break the laws that existed in the USA and one of the most 'popular' business was bootlegging caused by prohibition of alcohol in the whole country. That is why in the novel we can find people who earned money in this illegal and dishonest
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Posted by Doug at October 17, 2006 02:23 PM
