F. “The Great Gatsby” by Scott Fitzgerald is set in the 1920s and describes the Jazz Age, Prohibition, and organized crime, also showing several examples of women and their attitudes/roles in society. These four topics are linked in one way or another in reality, whether it's women breaking Prohibition by buying alcohol from gangsters and going easy talking or Americans changing completely all their fundamental roles in society at large. Women wore their tops much lower, their skirts much shorter, and their hair cut in a bob. They frequented illegal bars, just like the men. Gangsters such as Al Capone played quite an important role in society (Hales & Kazmers) when Prohibition, the banning of alcohol or any alcoholic substance, was implemented, making it obtainable more difficult. The Jazz Age was all about music and people performing in nightclubs, speakeasies and bootleggers were commonplace. (History Learning Site) When most people think of the 1920s, the first thing that comes to mind is often not Prohibition or crime rates. At least, that's not what I personally thought. When I think of the 1920s, the first thing that comes to mind is the music and all the famous parties and celebrities that slowly surfaced over time. It's commonly known as The Jazz Age, The Golden Age, or maybe you'd better know it as The Roaring Twenties. (History learning site). Around this time, new artists emerged and changed the way society viewed music. Some of these artists were for example: Louis Armstrong, Joe "King" Oliver, Edward "Kid" Ory, Jelly Roll Morton and Duke Ellington. (UMN.EDU)Joe "King" Oliver and his band were most famous in the 1920s, he was from New Orleans and always...... middle of newspaper ......gov/about -us/investigation/organizedcrime/italian_mafiaHales, T. and Kazmers, N. (nd). Organized Crime - How Prohibition Changed It. Retrieved March 30, 2014, from Umich.Edu: http://www.umich.edu/~eng217/student_projects/nkazmers/organizedcrime2.htmlHistory Learning Site. (nd). The Jazz Age. Retrieved March 30, 2014 from The Jazz Age: www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1920s_america.htmMeredith. (nd). What is the ban? Retrieved March 25, 2014 from Albany.Edu: http://www.albany.edu/~wm731882/what_is_prohibition_final.htmlUMN.EDU. (nd). Jazz greats of the 1920s. Retrieved March 30, 2014 from d.umn.edu: http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studproj/is3099/jazzcult/20sjazz/musicians.htmlWeil, G. (nd). Women in 1920s North Carolina. Retrieved March 31, 2014 from Women in the 1920s: http://ncpedia.org/history/20th-Century/1920s-women