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.
Gatsbyâs personality was nothing short of âgorgeous.â. In the summer of 1922, Nick writes, he had just arrived in New York, where he moved to work in the bond business, and rented a house on a part of Long Island called West Egg.ne night, he drives out to East Egg to have dinner with his cousin Daisy and her husband, Tom Buchanan, a former member of Nickâs social club at Yale. Tom, a powerful figure dressed in riding clothes, greets Nick on the porch.