Prohibition In The Great Gatsby Essay
During the Jazz age, in the 1920’s, prohibition is a law that enforces rules against drinking. Prohibition is the illegal distribution of alcohol from 1919 to 1933. This is created during the 18th amendment to reduce crime and improve the health of citizens. Prohibition created more crime and made a lot of people smoke more as a habit, taking place of their drinking. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, by F Scott Fitzgerald, speakeasies and bootleggers began to sell their own alcohol and make their own money. Because of this the crime rate was high and went against the point of prohibition which was to decrease felonies. Everyone in Gatsby, or most everyone, attended the parties that Gatsby threw and all drank alcohol that he provided. Gatsby is
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In this novel there was rich and poor and all the rich people drank and had a good time because the poor people remained on their side, not intervening and not doing much. They, poor people, did not get as much alcohol, but if they are able to afford it then they could purchase it from bootleggers or speakeasies, which were very common during this time period. Everyone’s behavior, decisions, and attitude are affected by the crime taking place. Nobody is supposed to own booze, nobody is supposed to be able to receive alcohol and ingest it during this time period and yet several people did. Everyone was selfish and only went to Gatsby’s for the party, for the booze, for the music. Nobody knew Gatsby and nobody really cared much about him, maybe they admired him for his parties, but they did not love him. They loved the gatherings. This amendment is created to create a better environment for people, to make everyone cleaner and prevent the issues that were occurring, but the amendment only created organized crime, made police unable to throw everyone in jail because of how many people were consuming the liquor, and because of how many people were unable to have the alcohol, it made it feel like a need. More people began to spend their money on booze and because of this people were in financial
In this novel there was rich and poor and all the rich people drank and had a good time because the poor people remained on their side, not intervening and not doing much. They, poor people, did not get as much alcohol, but if they are able to afford it then they could purchase it from bootleggers or speakeasies, which were very common during this time period. Everyone’s behavior, decisions, and attitude are affected by the crime taking place. Nobody is supposed to own booze, nobody is supposed to be able to receive alcohol and ingest it during this time period and yet several people did. Everyone was selfish and only went to Gatsby’s for the party, for the booze, for the music. Nobody knew Gatsby and nobody really cared much about him, maybe they admired him for his parties, but they did not love him. They loved the gatherings. This amendment is created to create a better environment for people, to make everyone cleaner and prevent the issues that were occurring, but the amendment only created organized crime, made police unable to throw everyone in jail because of how many people were consuming the liquor, and because of how many people were unable to have the alcohol, it made it feel like a need. More people began to spend their money on booze and because of this people were in financial