This law also outlawed the buying of it, however strangely, it did not prohibit the drinking of it. This law was set in stone by a national amendment: The Eighteenth. In the Roaring Twenties, laissez-faire was the primary ideology of the people of the United States, especially in the bigger and more metropolis-like cities. Laissez-faire is the practice of having the government stay out of the people’s ideologies and life styles. After World War I, this is precisely what the people wanted: A life without regulation. World War I had taken a huge toll on the people, and the parties and such was exactly what the people of America dreamed of. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, the secondary main protagonist, threw huge parties to try and gather people to his mansion, and it seemed to gain a huge image of him, since over time, his ‘regulation’ grew by more and more people appearing at them. However, in the very end, it seemed to not do anything for him, as when he was murdered by George Wilson, nobody attended his funeral (Fitzgerald
This law also outlawed the buying of it, however strangely, it did not prohibit the drinking of it. This law was set in stone by a national amendment: The Eighteenth. In the Roaring Twenties, laissez-faire was the primary ideology of the people of the United States, especially in the bigger and more metropolis-like cities. Laissez-faire is the practice of having the government stay out of the people’s ideologies and life styles. After World War I, this is precisely what the people wanted: A life without regulation. World War I had taken a huge toll on the people, and the parties and such was exactly what the people of America dreamed of. In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, the secondary main protagonist, threw huge parties to try and gather people to his mansion, and it seemed to gain a huge image of him, since over time, his ‘regulation’ grew by more and more people appearing at them. However, in the very end, it seemed to not do anything for him, as when he was murdered by George Wilson, nobody attended his funeral (Fitzgerald