The Great Gatsby Comparative Essay

Popular culture is defined as all of the ideas, knowledge, information, creative works and principles expressed or enjoyed by a majority of a population at a given time. Representations of Jazz, in the 1920s, brought assort open-minded relationships in this era; it also influenced women to break from previous social standards and become more ‘equal’ to men. Two texts, which are associated with this topic, are an advertisement for ‘Lucky Strike Cigarettes’ and the novel The Great Gatsby. Both texts are excellent examples on how women acted, dressed and lived in the 1920s.

The I’m A Lucky Girl poster advertises cigarettes for women in the 1920s, stating that smoking their product “will keep [their] figure[s] trim”, creating a contrived, stereotypical image of what a women should look like. In the 1920s, women became emancipated, creating the controversial flapper. Women today are, to some extent, still following this trend. Devices that are used are the colours, rule of thirds, contrast, camera angles. The colour red is

used to indicate passion to the audience, and draw their eyes to the logo. This is also apparent in the rule of thirds, because the model’s face is the first third, making it the most significant; the cigarette packet, with the logo, is in the second third, making it still important, yet not as much as her face. This poster is an
It also is set at the Gatsby’s Party – as the song was written for The Great Gatsby Soundtrack. In the opening lines, Fergie is saying that it is okay to take advantage of what is in front of you and it wouldn’t hurt anyone at all. Later in the song, Q- tip says that everyone is drunk and if you are lucky, you could ‘get laid’. He also mentions women are bragging about how wealthy they are making things up along the way to look better-off. The song depends on large amounts of repetition throughout