1920's Clothing

   

The 1920’s were a decade of fashion and men and women were beginning to change their attire in different ways. Women abandoned their more restricting fashions and began to wear more comfortable clothes such as skirts and trousers, and men abandoned their work attire for athletic clothing. As World War I was over people became more optimistic and more into fashion and having a good time. Women began to enter the work force, and started to wear different styles of clothing, they became known as flappers because of what they wore and corsets became a thing of the past. Cotton and wool clothing was not used anymore, and silk was a fabric that was luxurious and expensive because of the quantity of it. Rayon was considered to be "artificial silk", and when it became patented in the United States it was used for almost everything. Post-war fashion changed as soon as the war was over, there were still the conservative women who wore dresses, but the young women wore more athletic sportswear. The "flapper" look was that the dresses were more functional and flattened the bust line rather than accentuating it. They wore the straight line chemise topped by the close fitting cloche hat, which became the uniform of the day. The dresses were low waisted and had fullness at the hemline which allowed women to kick their heels for new dances like the Charleston. The women also changed their hairstyles, and now they all had the bob cut, which gave them a more boyish look. The men’s attire was different; they wore short sleeved suits and long ones for more formal occasions. Menswear was characterized by high-waisted jackets, often worn with belts. Trousers were relatively narrow and straight, and were worn cuffed at the bottom. In 1925, wider trousers came into fashion, commonly known as Oxford bags, while suit jackets returned to a normal waist and lapels became wider and were often peaked. During the 1920's double-breasted vests often worn with single-breasted jackets became fashionable. Men had a variety of sports clothes including sweaters and short trousers, but for more formal occasions men wore tuxedos. Clothing during the 1920's already relates to the story because in the story we are in 1922, which is the time period when it all began to change. And during Gatsby's luxurious parties, this type of clothing is described by the narrator, and the guests are all wearing these types of fashion.

"Former O.C. Attorney Suspected of killing Ex-Wife On Cruise" by Andrew Blankstein

In the Los Angeles Times Andrew Blankstein, wrote an article about a former attorney suspected of killing his ex-wife on a cruise. Lonnie Kocontes, a former attorney from Mission Viejo, was arrested in Florida for killing his ex-wife Micki Kanesaki, of Ladera Ranch for financial gain in 2006. Authorities said, that the suspect was a former Orange County attorney, who on a cruise across the Italian Coast, strangled his wife and threw her overboard. The suspect is 55 years old and a former resident of Mission Viejo, and the victim 52, a former resident of Ladera Ranch. The suspect was arrested at his home in Safety Harbor, Florida on Friday. He is charged with one felony charge for special circumstance for financial gain. "If convicted, he would face a maximum sentence of life in state prison without the possibility of parole and would be eligible for the death penalty, authorities said. Kocontes, who is being held without bail, faces extradition proceedings at a date to be determined"(LATimes). Authorities said that Kocontes was going to benefit from his wife’s death, and that he was the beneficiary for several of their bank accounts, and would receive proceeds from the sale of their home. The couple divorced in 2001, and was in the middle of court battles, when they decided to put aside their differences and go on a Mediterranean vacation together. "Kocontes is suspected of killing his wife on the night of May 25, 2006, or the morning of May 26, by strangling her and throwing her body overboard, authorities said"(LAtimes). At the time the suspect said his wife was missing, and that she had gone out when they were in bed to get a cup of tea and never returned. Her body was found on May 27, by the coast guard in the sea near Reggio di Calabria. "I wish I knew what happened," Kocontes was quoted as saying at the time (LATimes). He told authorities that his wife spoke of committing suicide, but an autopsy showed that the victim had been strangles. " Kocontes is accused of attempting to transfer $1 million between various banks accounts with his new wife, Katherine, in 2008, authorities said. The FBI began investigating the money transfers for possible illegal activity and the U.S. attorney's office ultimately seized the money from Kocontes' bank account. A civil asset forfeiture case was subsequently filed in U.S. District Court in California"(LATimes). On Wednesday the district attorney's office filed its murder case against Kocontes.

 

The Daily Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZj_g-7lCbU

On Youtube.com there is a video by The Daily Show, whose link is on top. The video has three particular parts two of which are fairly similar. Jon Stewart, satirizes about a women who is a gun rights activist, Obama's skeet shooting criticism, and has Jason Bateman on the show. The first satirical target, is a gun rights activist, who exaggerates the fact that women who have children need guns if three, four, or five, criminals enter her house and she needs a scary-looking gun to protect her children and herself. Second, would be the people who criticize Barack Obama, because of his skeet shooting photograph that was released. Third, he does not necessarily satirize Jason Bateman, whom he has on the show, however Jason Bateman shows his narcissistic side. For the first target the satirical purpose is to show people how ridiculous these gun rights activists are, and how they try to paint an exaggerated picture inside people's heads to prove their point, and how stupid they sound. The second satirical purpose is to show Americans that whatever Obama does that the people who do not like him will continue not to like him. The President can do anything good or bad, but the haters will remain haters, they will criticize him for anything. And the third purpose is to show the viewers Jason Batemans narcissistic side, which they may not have seen before. For the first target diminution and exaggeration is used, because he takes a video, and uses simpler and funnier words to prove his point, that the activist is exaggerating, and unless she is living in during the Alamo than her point will never happen. For the second, diminution is used again and so is innuendo, because he takes a very complicated situation of the people who are not for Obama and the actions he makes, and puts it into a rhyming book. He satirizes the haters by telling a story of how they do not like anything he does, however he also uses innuendo because he directly insults the people who do not like Barack Obama. For the third target, since it was not a direct satirical target none of the satirical devices were used. From all the three targets, Jon Stewart wants us to know that one, nothing that extreme is going to ever happen, and the gun rights activist just simply sounds stupid calling the gun a scary looking gun, second that Barack Obama is a great President, and people that do not like him will not like him even if he does something amazing, and third that even actors can have a narcissistic side to them.

"Parents Finally Tell 2-Year-Old About 9/11"

The article "parents finally telling their 2 year old about 9/11", was written on January 30, 2013 in theOnion.com. This event took place in Miami, Florida. A couple living in Miami who have a two year old son, decided that it was time that they should sit down with their son and have a discussion about what took place on September 11, 2001. The couple are Brad and Jeannine Musgrave, and their son is Conner. The parents sat Conner down and gave him a half hour detailed description of the event, the four hijackings, the collapse of the Twin Towers, and the tragic deaths of the 3,000 innocent people. They did not want to beat around the bush, they wanted o tell Conner like it is and be completely honest with their son, they wanted him to know that there are cruel, evil people in this world who will do whatever it takes to get what they want. They will kill anyone, and they even got personal, and they told their two year old that those people will kill even them, if they got the chance. The couple wanted their son to hear it sooner than later, and also to hear it from them rather than at preschool from his teachers as part of a learning experience. Child development experts say that, because Conner is only two and his long term memory pathways are still forming, the Musgrave's are going to repeat this tragic event to their son at least once a week, for the next four years.