Great Gatsby Criticism
Many people wish to be rich and famous, and F. Scott Fitzgerald had these wishes too, but he felt as if he deserved these luxuries. This hard life inspired Fitzgerald to work hard, which got him into Princeton University in 1917, which also inspired some of his works, pointing out the hierarchy of Ivy-League schools. Fitzgerald then went on to make more great literary works, and became a very wealthy man. With every great novel comes criticism, and Fitzgerald’s novels were no exception, receiving criticism for his depictions of the Jazz Age, wealth, and the Illusive American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s rough young life in poverty with high expectations did grow into fortune, but became a heavy drinker and partier that influenced great novels,
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This Side of Paradise was criticized for the use of egotists chasing the American dream, and finishing far from it and was praised for exposing the hierarchy of Ivy-League Schools. As “This Side of Paradise” explains, the story of Amory chasing campus glory and getting kicked out of Princeton University and chasing new dreams is criticized because he never achieves the American Dream. And was praised from the younger people for using satire against Ivy-League schools and the hierarchy that surrounded them (212). The Great Gatsby was criticized for Fitzgerald’s view of the Jazz Age, and people chasing wealth and is considered an American classic, and was rightfully praised for the themes of materialistic values thought in the Jazz Age.. Although great, this novel received a large amount of criticism for his depictions of the Jazz Age where men wander through the valley of ashes, experiencing death and decay, and the darkness of America that is drawn out through the entire novel (“The Great Gatsby” 77). Hermanson says,”Gatsby also has its own ‘valley of ashes’ or wasteland where men move about obscurely in the dust, and this imagery of death, decay, and corruption pervades in the novel and ‘infects’ the story” (qtd. In “The Great Gatsby” 77). Tender is the Night was criticized for inspiring the young generation to pull away from the old one, and chase their own dreams and wealth and was praised for showing the struggles of a psychologically unstable person, and the people close to them. This novel was praised for being an almost biography of Fitzgerald’s life. The book was also criticized for not only its format, and the use of flashbacks, but also for inspiring the younger generation to pull away from the old one (“Tender is the Night” 254). This criticism however, did not phase Fitzgerald,
This Side of Paradise was criticized for the use of egotists chasing the American dream, and finishing far from it and was praised for exposing the hierarchy of Ivy-League Schools. As “This Side of Paradise” explains, the story of Amory chasing campus glory and getting kicked out of Princeton University and chasing new dreams is criticized because he never achieves the American Dream. And was praised from the younger people for using satire against Ivy-League schools and the hierarchy that surrounded them (212). The Great Gatsby was criticized for Fitzgerald’s view of the Jazz Age, and people chasing wealth and is considered an American classic, and was rightfully praised for the themes of materialistic values thought in the Jazz Age.. Although great, this novel received a large amount of criticism for his depictions of the Jazz Age where men wander through the valley of ashes, experiencing death and decay, and the darkness of America that is drawn out through the entire novel (“The Great Gatsby” 77). Hermanson says,”Gatsby also has its own ‘valley of ashes’ or wasteland where men move about obscurely in the dust, and this imagery of death, decay, and corruption pervades in the novel and ‘infects’ the story” (qtd. In “The Great Gatsby” 77). Tender is the Night was criticized for inspiring the young generation to pull away from the old one, and chase their own dreams and wealth and was praised for showing the struggles of a psychologically unstable person, and the people close to them. This novel was praised for being an almost biography of Fitzgerald’s life. The book was also criticized for not only its format, and the use of flashbacks, but also for inspiring the younger generation to pull away from the old one (“Tender is the Night” 254). This criticism however, did not phase Fitzgerald,