There is another interesting theory, which shows the shrewdness of birds. According to this theory, standing on two legs may attract predator and birds could become an easy aquatic prey, so they prefer to stand on one leg, which looks a lot like a suspended branch in water.
The Great Gatsby takes place during the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald coined the phrase, the Jazz Age that same year to describe the flamboyantâanything goesâera that emerged in America after World War I. Find out more about the popular culture and historical events that shaped and defined the 1920s.
The phrase, âThe American Dreamâ is not actually used by Fitzgerald in The Great Gatsby. It was coined in 1931 by writer and historian James Truslow Adams. The son of God part also plays into the theme of the American Dream in The Great Gatsby, showing how Gatsby feels he must achieve wealth and secular prosperity]â¦he is so ashamed of [his unsuccessful family heritage] that he canât keep their name, nor accept them as the family he was born into.