-figurative language use
-how Fitzgerald constructed each novel similarly/differently
-theme/setting differences
-motifs being similar
- HEADINGS FOR EACH OF THESE TOPICS
-thesis statement (RQ comparing and contrasting the two different novels )after the background info. Then these topics
Background Information on the Author
Fitzgerald can usually be associated with the Jazz Age of the 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the 1930s. He proved to be very “versatile” as an American writer. Not only was he a novelist, but he was also an essayist and a short-story writer, for example. In a general sense, it can be said that Fitzgerald was able to expand his horizons and be involved in many forms of writing.
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Because of this, she kind of begins to enter the party life in a sense. Several flashbacks happen throughout the novel. This was a fitting literary device that Fitzgerald decided to utilize since it really served to match the scheme of the plot as a whole, as well as keeping the reader even more engaged in a way while the plot was advancing. The story flashes back to the days when Dick Diver was a young student early in the novel. This happens after Nicole Diver has a mental breakdown in a hotel when in Paris. At the time, he was looked at as a person with great potential and a bright future. He had attended Yale University and also went to Oxford. Dick Diver ends up traveling back to America after learning that his father had sadly passed away. He was an excessive drinker and his addiction to alcohol in the novel plays a major role in his career, as his partner even wanted him to leave the business. His life was really starting to fall apart. He had become quite rude, was starting to mock some of the people that he was friends with before. The novel ends with Dick Diver moving back to America and living more anonymously and a bit less successful, in New