The document provides background information on the United States in the 1920s and the life and works of author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Some key points: 1) The 1920s saw economic growth in the US but also social tensions. Fitzgerald was part of the "Lost Generation" disillusioned by the post-WWI era. 2) Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby explores the corruption of the American Dream through the character of Jay Gatsby, who throws lavish parties hoping to reunite with his lost love Daisy. 3) Fitzgerald captured the superficiality and moral decay behind the prosperity and excess of the 1920s. His works examine themes of wealth, success, and the imp