Road Rage The 1920"s was an age of extravagancy. The automobile brought great things for the wealthy. They would ornate their cars with gold plated mirrors and expensive furs for the women to place on their laps while they rode. While there was no drivers test anyone who could afford an automobile could drive one. In The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the automobile, a symbol of wealth, serves as an instrument of death and destruction. Many of the characters in The Great Gatsby are horrible drivers literally and figuratively. Jordan Baker decides being a careless driver...
the 1920"s was full of flamboyancy The Great Gatsby was full of bad drivers. The wealthy were the most careless and in The Great Gatsby the wealthy were so careless people died. Jordan Baker believed she could do whatever she wanted, cheat or lie, as long as someone else was there to clean up after her mess. Nick Carraway stood by and watched the corruption in his group of acquaintances. Gatsby spent his whole life trying to reach an unattainable dream. All 3 characters can be described as bad drivers who lead to the tragic end of this novel.