F. Scott Fitzgerald & T.S. Eliot Have the Voice of the Jazz Age

F. Scott Fitzgerald is credited with naming the Jazz Age and also is known as the voice of the Jazz Age. But he is not the only artist that had a voice and used it during this era. Another important literary figure from this period is T.S. Eliot. Eliot’s poem, “The Hollow Men” is very similar to Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby because they both show how the American Dream and human life has become corrupted because of the need for many materials.
“The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot is an attack on twentieth century society. Eliot describes contemporary life as a living hell on earth where humans are absent of relationships and physical contact. Eliot attacks modern society and says that humans are experiencing hell on earth because there is no communication, values, or thoughts. Eliot argues through his poem, that we are blind and deaf to society.
In the first part of “The Hollow Men” T.S. Eliot portrays life with a dry and unfertile setting. Eliot bel...