The roaring twenties, a time period of great change in society, has become synonymous with desire for great wealth, the emergence of new cultures for men, women, and society, in addition to a recreation of the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses his major characters in the novel as a microcosm of high society, to represent its complexity. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characterization to offer commentary on high society during the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald begins his commentary in his introduction of the character of Daisy Buchanan, a typical woman of the time. Her very name emphasizes to the reader her fragility and delicate nature while described as, “opening up again in a
The roaring twenties, a time period of great change in society, has become synonymous with desire for great wealth, the emergence of new cultures for men, women, and society, in addition to a recreation of the American Dream. Fitzgerald uses his major characters in the novel as a microcosm of high society, to represent its complexity. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characterization to offer commentary on high society during the Roaring Twenties. Fitzgerald begins his commentary in his introduction of the character of Daisy Buchanan, a typical woman of the time. Her very name emphasizes to the reader her fragility and delicate nature while described as, “opening up again in a