A New Series: The “Roaring Twenties” You May Not Know, Post 1

As a follow-up to my research on SIRENS (Penguin, 2012), I wrote a series of 10 articles summarizing various aspects of the 1920's. In the coming weeks I will post here so that you can find it on my profile. This is the first part of the series.

In SIRENS, Jo Winter's most pressing problem is the whereabouts of the missing brother Teddy. He was affected by "the impact of a cannon" during the First World War. There are a few things about what this means:

The conclusion of the First World War in 1918 was a major social and economic transitional period directly linked to the "roaring" of the 1920's in the 1920's.

The soldiers who fought in the First World War were called "great wars" and overcame the catastrophic damage of the body and spirit. More than 4 million Americans served in World War I, serving for the first time in severe situations facing heavy artillery, machine guns and toxic gases.

These physical injuries are terrible, but internal trauma may worsen further. Post traumatic stress disorder - post traumatic stress disorder - is not new. Psychological damage received by soldiers serving in war, known as "shell shock" during the First World War, was unexpected. Men in the early 20th century are "masculine" and are expected to suppress their emotions. Crying and collapsing are considered unacceptable and are the behaviors often mentioned as reasons to be placed in mental hospitals. Doctors and the general public can not understand the experience of these soldiers, they are treated indifferently and in the worst case they can be punished.

Even if this is hope, it does not mean "to restart the business as usual" just because the war of those soldiers who came back has ended. Technological progress, urbanization and immigration caused direct social unrest in the 1920s. Workers need women because they are served, killed or physically and mentally killed, so they are reluctant to return to their families. This independence has been demonstrated by the use of less restricted clothing and short skirts, and more manageable short hair fashion.

When people try to withdraw from terrorism, pacifism, isolationism, and spiritualism are also growing after the war. The necessity to be released from emotional trauma may have contributed to the "anytime, anyplace" atmosphere that was spread in the 1920s. Advertising, commercial production, the rise of movies, the concept of "new" cars and "free" cars are inconsistent with the traditional way of thinking that American soldiers left when they fought.

Any war will affect its formation and the subsequent decade, but the change in society after the First World War is rapid and extreme. For those soldiers, this will be a difficult return.

(Look at the fashion with the image of Downton Abbey, the designer of the show is right, simple, harsh, uncomfortable.)

Abstract and Definition: The roar of the 1920s was the era of American history from the end of the First World War to the beginning of the Great Depression of 1929. Fatty Americans enjoy themselves rather than hard work or self denial, I'd like to start paying attention to convenience and leisure. The roar of the 1920s witnessed many political, economic and social changes. The era of roaring in the 1920s is characterized by progress of technology and prosperity through invention of new labor saving, which led to the mass use of cars, telephones, radios, movies and electricity. People challenge traditional ideas and new ethics, beautify individual freedom, non-compliant people, young people and show Charleston's dance to the new music of the city's jazz era through "Charleston" dance and lifestyle To do.

The roar of the 1920s (1919-1929) means the era of rapid economic expansion and rising standard of living in the United States. It also saw the emergence of new music and a strict moral decline. "Twenties of roar" is particularly related to the major cities of Europe such as the East Coast of the USA, Paris and London. The Cold War (1948 - 1990) The Cold War refers to the era of ideological conflict between Communist Eastern and Western democracy. Tension occurred during the Cold War, especially during the proliferation of nuclear weapons. There is no direct war between the United States and the Soviet Union, but the two sides support a system like an ideology in small conflicts around the world. See: Cold War