Position Paper – The Roaring Twenties
Did the twenties “roar”? A very questionable idea in which only the perspective of the people in the 1920s can demonstrate the solution towards this issue. Different people in the meaning of one another that lived among the 1920s had different views and considerations towards the twenties. It could perhaps influence them to be more forgetful of the war and continue with their daily lives. In my opinion the twenties roared because of the many new inventions, entertainment, consumerism, arts, social issues, rights, lifestyles, and the economy. To take a deep thought of the conception of the twenties actually making a massive impact on the people’s perspective, let’s get straight to the facts of positive attribution.
After the horrors of the war, people were ready to sparkle up their lives. With the new invention of Henry Ford’s automobile “Model T” it was vowed to the price that average North Americans could afford I which from a perspective’s mood would definitely be in the “roaring” type, also the mass production of these vehicles moved into all parts of North America. Radio broadcasting became one of North America’s favourite sources of entertainment. During this time most Canadians depended on the radio as their source of communication since the television wasn’t invented. People tuned in every day to listen to music, as jazz, sports and live events. A favorite for listening to jazz was “the king of jazz”, Louie Armstrong. The invention of the radio had a major impact on Canadians because it transmitted a variety of shows and programs that entertained many, throughout the nation. Since the 1920s was a time of celebration, there were many fads. People loved to dance, especially the Charleston, Fox-trot, and the shimmy. Dance marathons were something everyone went to every weekend. Dances were popular fads in which one man dropped dead after 87 hours of dancing. The Group of Seven dominated Canadian art because these were painters uninterested by the Canadian north who, for the first time, took on the task of painting the great power, scenery and spirit of their land. The Roaring Twenties was also a period of literary creativity. A favorite for listening to jazz was "the king of jazz", Louie Armstrong. The latest fashion fad was the flapper, a fad for women that referred to a new breed of young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz and had a fiery behavior. The movie was also the latest thing. The start of 3-D movies was in the 1920's, “talkies” arrived in Canada until 1927. Many Canadian families needed to replace the incomes of their deceased husbands, woman had to accept a job, and move outside the home. This gave them a new self-confidence like Emily Murphy who saw that men could sell land and home without their wives and leave them penniless and homeless. Murphy was determined and won the fight to change the law that woman could have one-third of their husband’s property. These events were considered to the culture of the “roaring” twenties but life of the roaring twenties was a bit skeptical.
