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F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) Spokesman of the Jazz Age Contents Background Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Plotline Character Analysis 4. Themes. 5.Discussion . A spokesman of the “Jazz Age” The Jazz Age The Jazz Age is the nickname in America of the decade of the 1920’s, beginning from 1919 to the Crash at the end of 1929. These ten years were, for Americans, a time of carefree prosperity, isolated from the world’s problem, bewildering great social change, and a feverish pursuit of pleasure. , These were the ten years when the First World War was just over, when new inventions and manufacturing techniques greatly changed the way people lived; when people moved from the countryside in great numbers; when women won the right to vote and many started to earn their own money; when cars, washing machines,radios and vacuum cleaners became commonplace; and when millions of people lived beyond their means and went into debt in order to obtain such things while the middle class frantically pursued individual “success” and personal enjoyment. They lived a rich, extravagant, frivolous moneymaking life, and it was this style of living gave the decade of the 1920’s such nickname as the “Jazz Age”, the “Dollar Decade”, and the “Roaring Twenties.” Men’s Fashion in 1920 Women’s Fashion in 1920 Fitzgerald was both a leading participant in the typically frivolous, carefree, money-making life of the decade and, at the same time, a detached observer of it. He was the most representative novelist of the 1920’s. 2 Now let’s learn about Fitzgerald Life  Born in St. Paul, Minnesota [?minis?ut?]明尼苏达(州名) on September 24, 1896. Had an expensive education in private schools at Princeton 普林斯顿. Due to illness and neglect of academic study, he left the university in 1917 without graduation. He joined the army. In his army days, he met Zelda Sayre. She is a beautiful southern girl, from a wealthy family. She loved social activities very mu