... who "conducted themselves according to the rules of behaviour of amusement parks". * Symbolism of dance - Daisy and Gatsby danced. He did a fox trot, which is a graceful, conservative dance. Says something about his character. * The explosion in the popularity of Jazz music was appalling to the older generation and quite appealing to the new. It represented a loosening of social airs and graces. There was a sense of freedom associated with it but to some, it was one of the evils that the era had brought along with flappers, women smoking and automobiles. * The dancing associated with Jazz music suggested an absence of decorum and dignity. Some people were bothered by the bodily movements with which listeners responded to the music. * Fenton T. Bott, the head of the National Association of Master's Dancing warned that "those moaning saxophones and the rest of the instruments with ...

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