The Great Gatsby American society during the 1920s was a time of cynicism, loss of values, and was mainly defined by ideological and social battles. World War I was a turning point to society and altered the class structure through ideological reform. After the war, which had been called the war to end all wars by Wilson, people began to lose their sense of ideals resulting from disillusions of the true purpose of the war. …showed first 75 words of 1808 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1808 total…the move toward more liberated lives. There was a constant struggle to uncover the underlying morals of society’s foundation and the American Dream that was needed to move the country forward. Therefore, The Great Gatsby through each character, each event, and the book as a whole was able to give an accurate representation of society of the 1920s by detailing the main battle among the American people of the Jazz Age-the battle of morality.