The Jazz Age and Its Discontents

Explores the novel's critique of the Jazz Age, a time of superficial glamour, moral decay, and the pursuit of pleasure.

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The Parties as a Microcosm

The Parties as a Microcosm

The Music and the Mood

The Music and the Mood

The Empty Pleasures

The Empty Pleasures

The Hangover of the Era

The Hangover of the Era

summer 1922, West Egg

throughout the novel, various locations

summer 1922, West Egg and New York City

after Gatsby's death, autumn 1922