Analysis of Echoes of the Jazz Age

What does Fitzgerald mark as the end of the Jazz Age?

When older generations began to take part

Fitzgerald compares the Jazz Age becoming popular to…?

A children’s party taken over by the elders

The Jazz Age was primarily about ______

Taste

Fitzgerald believes that the Jazz Age’s “Blatant superficialities” were ______

commodofied

What is commodification?

When unique things or philosophies become simplified and more palatable to the average person (as if they were a product)

Fitzgerald believes that Jazz Age writers created ________ literature

Living

Fitzgerald admits that the Jazz Age’s excess were born from…?

Unsustainable economic growth and speculaltion

How does Echoes of the Jazz Age end?

With an attempt to show readers that there was something special about the Jazz Age

How does Fitzgerald create a balanced essay?

He avoids being overly nostalgic while also pointing out some of the good things from the Jazz Age