Newspaper

=__**Newspaper: The Roaring Times** __=

Click on the link below to view __The Roaring Times__ January 28th, 1922 Issue:

**Reflection:**
I'm interested in journalism, so I thought creating a newspaper would be appropriate for me to complete for the Gatsby project. It would allow me to be creative with the articles I chose to include in the newspaper, but also allow me to research the 1920's events and trends. I wanted to incorporate several articles about what was occurring in the roaring 1920's, the time period the book was written in, as well as some stories about people and events directly from the novel. I thought it was interesting to see the actual events from the 1920's and the events from The Great Gatsby (with some creative additions) in comparison side by side in the newspaper. While writing the articles involving characters from the book, I analyzed the characters personalities to be creative with events that could have potentially occurred (Tom going back to Yale, Meyer Wolfsheim getting arrested). As in an actual newspaper, I added a Sports, Business and Social section to my newspaper to look at many aspects of the 1920's and The Great Gatsby. I incorporated the characters into actual events that happened in the 1920's. I enjoyed discovering the facts of the history of the 1920's; it led me to realize the role these events and trends of the time period played in the book.

**Sources:**
My information from the article on prohibition came from: http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/timeline/progress/prohib/prohib.html

My information from the article about the "Black Sox" scandal came from: http://www.sptimes.com/News/122299/Sports/Black_Sox_scandal__Ch.shtml

My information from the article about Macy's came from: __//http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy%27s//__

My information from the article about international and American markets: __//http://www.marketingpower.com/Calendar/Pages/2008TrainingSeriesBuildinganEffectiveMarketSegmentation-AResearchRoadmapBostonMA.aspx//__

__//www.nber.org/chapters/c7530.pdf//__