In The Great Gatsby written by F. Scott Fitzgerald reflects how America was in the 1920s in several ways including the disillusionment from Americans, the rise of the new money and the idea god is replaced business. The people of 1920’s America endured disillusionment the act of loss in faith, in one’s values and ideals. Allen explains the Decade of Bad Manners was born in disillusionment, the new code had been born in disillusionment and… the disillusionment persisted (Doc A). This new code was the bad manners of people gate crashing parties, leaving burning cigarettes on tables and leaving cushions in the rain. In Fitzgeralds illustration of this he explains how people notwithstandingly gatecrashed gatsby’s parties and acted with poor manners. People were not invited they went there… they conducted themselves according to the rules of behavior associated with an amusement park (Doc B). Another aspect of disillusionment was the state of mind it brought, in Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen he writes, it was impossible for this generation to return unchanged when the ordeal was over… their torn…show more content… The people of 1920s somewhat replaced god with business as Allen says chapter Coolidge Prosperity. Business had become almost the national religion of America (Doc E). In the 1920s businesses started becoming prosperous after the war, building from the ground up, with advertising and buildings, mentioning advertising in The Great Gatsby The symbolism of god is a giant billboard of T.J Eckleburg with giant eyes moreover symbolizing the eyes of god. He was looking at the eyes of Doctor T.J Eckleburg… God sees everything repeated Wilson (Doc F). Wilson is the husband of Myrtle who was having an affair with Tom, daisy's husband, he found out consequently telling her god sees everything while looking at the giant billboard. This shows at least one character uses business as a reference to
