The 1920's

As we have read in the Great Gatsby, the 1920s were years of breaking the law, superficiality, and was filled with mysterious people. The greatest criminal from this time was Alphonse Gabriel Capone, or as we know him as Al Capone. He was a murderer, an alcohol dealer, and did many other things that people did not know of. During the years of the prohibition, Al Capone was able to supply the people with alcohol, and he became rich off of it. He brought alcohol from Canada mostly, or produced it himself. While supplying people with alcohol, he had to stay away from the police and not get caught. Therefore, he began murdering people who can potentially rat him out, or could personally kill him. Because of the corruption throughout the country, Al Capone charged with many counts of murder, but was never convicted because he would pay the judges off. He had created his empire in America, and his headquarters was in Chicago. After about ten years of ruling the gangsters around the country, the police found out that he had not payed his taxes. Immediately they arrested him, and finally he was charged for tax evasion. He was sentenced for eleven years in Alcatraz, where he developed a brain disease which crippled him. He eventually died in his mansion many years later from cardiac arrest. This man connects to the book because as we can see, there are many mysteries surrounding the "Great Gatsby". In the book, Gatsby calls Chicago during the party, in a very mysterious way, which made me think that he may be involved in the mafia's work. Also, having this much money and being able to afford a party of that caliber every weekend raises suspicion of how he can do such things. In my opinion, Gatsby does these parties to hide a greater evil in his life, which is haunting him and his friends.