Scott Fitzgerald Argues Aims Within AmericanaWithin His Text

Scott Fitzgerald Argues Aims Within AmericanaWithin His TextScott Fitzgerald argues aspects of Americana within his text The Great Gatsby. Americana is an idea, however a questionable one. It is an idea which would appear to place particular emphasis on ethnicity, while at the same time it is something which has been used by the bourgeoisie and by particular branches of the middle class, such as the writers of the past, to create a certain kind of 'tough' individual, one who does not care too much about life's petty little details, who does not let the small things bother him, but rather takes these things in stride.Americana within Fitzgerald's text is often described as a culture or perhaps even a subculture. This is of course, a bit of a misnomer, because it could be argued that culture is an idea that exists independently of individuals and which is designed to benefit particular groups.Perhaps this was not really the intention when Americana was first conceived, but it can be sa fely assumed that it was an attempt to deal with a problem, or perhaps a kind of a problem which had been, up until then, more easily dealt with. The problem with Americana is that while it is a somewhat nebulous concept, it is by no means one which is beyond the grasp of the bourgeois.With the passage of time, Americana has become increasingly defined. The piece was published in 1925, and it took several years before Fitzgerald was able to produce another novel which was as successful as The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald may have been influenced by the traditions of Southerners, the traditions of Yankee ex-slaves, or the traditions of some form of Catholic orthodoxy, but he ultimately created an American novel which he himself described as 'anglo-Saxon'.Indeed, it was not until the Second World War that Fitzgerald began to develop a story which did not centre on an American community. With the closing of the front in Europe, the soldiers returned home and as many people who were able di d so, they came to New York. Once there, it was not long before people began to organize themselves in social clubs, and once this was done, a new social phenomenon took shape.Scott Fitzgerald might have been influenced by the beliefs of others, and might have considered himself to be anything other than his own individualist, but he certainly was not a reactionary, and thus it can be assumed that his writing is relatively free of the reactionary themes that were prevalent in the literature at the time. On the other hand, if we accept that he was a reactionary, then the reactionary themes may well have been present within the composition, as they were in many of the themes which he had already developed.Many of the pieces that he wrote were about the period of time known as the Great Migration, and in this time Americana went through a transformation. Although the people from the South were welcomed into America, there was also a sense of discontent. Many of the natives of the West were seeking employment, and others were even leaving the territory and crossing the border into Mexico, where in many cases they were unable to find work.For whatever reasons, it is clear that many of the people who migrated to the East had been so ostracized that in some cases they had moved further away from the society in which they had become accustomed to, that they simply felt uncomfortable and alienated. In some ways, this is no different to the situation which modern societies find themselves in today, but it may in fact be more severe and more damaging.