#The roaring 20s

[sofiegirl]

John Galliano FW 2007

#aesthetic #fashion #couture #inspo #style inspo #haute couture #couqette #00s fashion #john galliano #fall vibes #runway #fashion inspo #the roaring 20s

[kilianromero]

1924

#1920s style #1920s art #decade: 1920s #1920s #20s #the roaring 20s #roaring twenties #art #Illustration #cool #kissing #kiss #couple #lovers #in love #weekend #friday #vintage illustration #vintage #retro aesthetic #retro art #retrostyle #retro

[coolvintagecars]

Oakland (1929)

#1920s style #1920s cars #1920s fashion #1920svintage #1920s #roaring 20s #20s fashion #the roaring 20s #20s style #car #cars #cool cars #cool #classic car #classic #motor #drive #driving #vintage #retro fashion #retro aesthetic #retrostyle #weekend #friday #summer

[whereismydreamcastle]

#gold aesthetic #golden age of hollywood #the roaring 20s #divinecore

[sage-green-kitchen]

Socioeconomics in The Great Gatsby

Socioeconomics is how economics, or wealth, impacts a person's place in socially. The message to the reader is on the first page when Nick is recalling something his father had told him and the novel states, “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one… just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you’ve had.” This tells the reader to be mindful of what they have and grateful for their advantages. The essay “Social Class and Status in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby” shows this in the statement, "The “haves” are those with the control over these things, the natural, economic and human resources, while the “have-nots” are everybody else." The divide between the people who have and the people who don’t is still seen today where we have billionaires with more money than they could ever spend in a lifetime, and people who live paycheck to paycheck. This theme encourages readers to be aware of these differences and these inequalities. Socioeconomics is also the American Dream. The American Dream at it’s core is money and power, that in America everyone has equal opportunity to make money and gain power. This is not the case because, as shown in the book, if you are born rich you have all kinds of opportunities in education and never have to work a day in your life, like Daisy. However, for someone like Wilson it is much harder to make as much money as Daisy because he actually has to work for it and build up from the bottom instead of starting at the top. The characters are divided up into social classes as shown in a quote from the essay “Social Class and Status in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby”, "The Buchanans and Jay Gatsby belong to the class privileged through property and education, Nick Carraway could be considered to be a member of the propertyless intelligentsia and the Wilsons are members of the working class." The class distinctions in The Great Gatsby shows how the American Dream as the illusion that it is giving the message to the reader that not everyone is fortunate and that just because someone works hard, does not mean they will be able to become as wealthy as someone like Daisy or Gatsby. An example of these class distinctions is how Myrtle was treated after her death. They just laid her there for everyone to look at and no one even called a doctor. They didn’t even seem that interested in catching whoever killed her. If this had been Daisy or Jordan in this situation people would have acted much differently and treated them with more respect because of their money and popularity.

Socioeconomics is also shown in the book through cars, boats, and other electronics are used as a sign of socioeconomic succuss. Gatsby has a beautiful car that is new and expensive. It is described in the novel with the quote, “It was a rich cream color, bright with nickel, swollen here and there in its monstrous length with triumphant hat-boxes and supper-boxes and tool-boxes, and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shelds that mirrored a dozen suns.” Even the connotations of the words used to describe the car, like “rich”, “triumphant”, bright”, and “mirrored a dozen suns”, shows the car is beautiful and fancy.  This shows he has a significant amount of money. Wilson on the other hand, doesn't have a nice car and is not wealthy. This is shown by the quote describing his garage, “The interior was unprosperous and bare; the only car visible was the dust-covered wreck of a Ford which crouched in a dim corner.” These two quote show a stark contrast between Gatsby’s car and Wilsons and also a contrast of their lifestyles. Gatsby lives lavishly while Wilson lives without excessive luxury. The cars are also metaphors, Wilson is in the working class, he is building, fixing, and supporting the luxuries the upper class has. However, Gatsby has the nice car, and it kills someone in the working class showing the power he has even if he does no work. In an article from the National Association of Independent Schools, the author sums this up with the statement, “Fitzgerald’s automobile trope, which was connected to/intertwined with socioeconomic status.” The price of Wilsons car reflects his wealth and that connects to his social standings because unlike Gatsby, he can’t afford to have big elaborate paries filled with celebrities and influential people. Gatsby’s parties cost a lot of money and that is shown in the quote, “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York—every monday theses same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves.”  He spends the money every week to provide hundreds of people with food and drinks and entertainment and he has the ability to hold such social gatherings because of his economic success. The car also shows The American Dream. The American Dream is then revealed in the novel when Daisy and Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car. Since Daisy is meant to be this symbol of money that is The American Dream, and Myrtle was shown throughout the novel reaching for The American ream and wanting wealth, like when she got that dog in the beginning and wanting to be with Tom because he had money, it showed The American Dream’s reality crashing into Myrtle and killing her hope for reaching it. 

#the great gatsby #jay gatsby #old sport #daisy buchanan #the roaring 20s #socioeconomic #literature #books #books and reading #the american dream

[zulic0re]

gender envy

#burlesque #1920s #1920s aesthetic #the roaring 20s #20s #20s aesthetic #gender envy #vintage #{azulcore}

[himeprincessa]

Welcome to CHICAGO

#chicago #chicago musical #old hollywood #hollywood pantages #flapper #musical #broadway #the roaring 20s #old money #old money aesthetic #my photo #photography #art deco #girlblogging #hyper feminine #female manipulator #the other woman #my year of rest and relaxation #this is what makes us girls #lana del ray aka lizzy grant

[blueiskewl]

Flesh and the Devil 1926

#Flesh and the Devil 1926 #1926 Romantic Drama Silent Film #clarence brown #greta garbo #john gilbert #lars hanson #MGM #National Film Registry #silent film #black and white film #1920s #1920s style #1920s hollywood #the roaring 20s

[romanovsotma]

Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain and her sister-in-law Irene Mountbatten, Marchioness of Carisbrooke, late 1920s.

#colorization #royalty #bourbon #mountbatten #spanish royals #spain #british royals #marchioness #queen #the roaring 20s #1920s #colored pictures

[bubuluvsu]

Went to a doll museum the other week, this was my favorite piece 🥰

#60s vintage #the roaring 20s #valentine #melanie martinez #vintage vibes #cake #cottagecore #fairycore #pinkcore #soft pink #soft girl #darling

[oanabell20]

Los Angeles Jewelry Store

#art #artdeco #los angeles #the roaring 20s #20s #architecture #art deco architecture #art decó #art decò

[kilianromero]

Huiles et Graisses (1928)

#french #france #retro style #retro photography #retro #vintage photo #vintage #black and white #auto #automobile #car #motor #beauties #1920s #the roaring 20s #20s #friday #weekend #vintage photography #photography

[coolvintagecars]

Cadillac (1922)

#1920s aesthetic #1920s art #1920s style #1920s fashion #1920s #roaring 20s #The roaring 20s #20s fashion #20s #cadillac #car #cars #cool cars #cool #classic car #classic #motor #drive #driving #vintage illustration #vintage #retrostyle #retro fashion #retro illustration #retro #friday #weekend #autumn

[archivenroses]

In 1921, Chanel No.5 was launched.

5 was the first perfume launched by French couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

The scent formula for the fragrance was compounded by French-Russian chemist and perfumer Ernest Beaux. The design of its bottle has been an important part of the product's branding.

#archive #visual archive #1920s #1920svintage #circa 1920 #1920s aesthetic #1920s fashion #20s fashion #the roaring 20s #chanel #coco chanel #chanel no. 5 #fashion history #fashion brand #perfume #historical photos #vintage fashion #fashion design

[barbiehairbrush]

1920s circus + showgirl costumes

#1920s #showgirls #circus #the roaring 20s #historical fashion #fashion #costume #antique fashion #antique #1920s fashion

[cerchionero]

I just want to say that I'm in love with the style of the 20s. And I love electro swing, which is based on the music of those years. So I was very inspired and wanted to draw a girl dancing a charleston.

#the roaring 20s #charleston #dances #vintage aesthetic #my art