The Jazz Age, also known as the "The Roaring Twenties" took place in the Great Gatsby during the 1920s. It was a period after Wo
rld War I 1 where new types of music, dance, and literature started to conquer over the United States. This decade has brought amusement, a sense of freedom, and entertainment to the country after the darkness of The Great War. A cultural movement where women got to express themselves freely and in a different type of way. Where the youth of that time were considered to have "lost their morals".
Young women's attire drastically changed in a way that was often frowned upon by the elders. Women went to night clubs, wore make-up and fancy dresses, and shortened their hair. These were all uncommon things which led to accusations against their morals.
The message of "the monkey's paw" is to be careful for what you wish for. The author gets the message across to the reader by showing us the negative consequences of the wishes characters make
