blog # 9

During the 1920's the Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution was passed, prohibiting alcoholic beverages in the United States. Even though the sale of alcohol was illegal, alcoholic drinks were still widely available and many people had private bars at their homes in order to serve their guests. A large amount of alcohol was smuggled from Canada and overland. Limited amounts of wine was aloud inside one's house but people took it overboard. Whiskey could only be obtained through a doctor's prescription but doctors began to give them out without a reason. People had the urge to consume alcohol since they were not allowed to. The Great Gatsby has a correlation with the prohibition in the 1920's since it took place during the 1920's and the rich would serve a lot of alcohol at their extravagent parties. It was obvious that there were ways to go around the laws on prohibitng alcohol and Gatsby in the book had parties every weekend with an endless amount of alcohol for his guests even thought alohol was prohibited which meant that people with power were still able to get a hold of alcohol. The fact that there was alcohol at the party was emphasized greatly in the book showing how it was a popular topic at the time. People attended the weekly parties in order to have a good time since it was hard to get a hold of alcohol during that time.