society and identifies a series of aspects that contribute to that society. By doing this‚ the author raises the awareness amongst readers and makes them reconsider the accepted state of affairs and challenges a position held on those certain issues. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a severe indictment on American society in the 1920s‚ with particular emphasis on the disintegration of the American dream corrupted by materialism of the upper class‚ the moral decay and carelessness of the wealthy
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F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s Inspiration In the classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the social and economic positions of Gertrude Ederle‚ Mary Dillion‚ and Zelda Fitzgerald in the creation of Jordan Baker‚ Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan. These famous women of the 1920s helped Fitzgerald create the best novel he has ever written in his lifetime. It still is famous today‚ eighty-eight years later. Gertrude Ederle was F. Scott ’s first inspiration for characters in The Great Gatsby
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Scott Fitzgerald. In this very glamorous book you get to see the new cars that are coming out‚ as well as new music‚ guns‚ radio‚ and so much more. Everyone was crazy about all of the inventions that were coming out. The 20s were the life of the party for the
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Law‚ Family‚ or Abandonment A great American writer was born on September 25‚ 1897. William Falkner was the oldest of four boys who lived in northern Oxford‚ Mississippi. Falkner refers to the town as‚ “a little postage stamp of native soil.” Falkner first became interested in poetry in his early teens. Falkner enjoyed playing football until he suffered a broken nose. Falkner failed at many aspects in his life; he dropped out of high school after receiving a “D” in English shortly before graduation
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Through his classic novel‚ The Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald allows many aspects of his personal life to permeate into the story‚ characters‚ and ideologies. Without having any background into the life of Fitzgerald‚ the average reader would conclude that the story was no less than a figment of Fitzgerald’s imagination. This is not the case however‚ as F. Scott funnels many of his thoughts and ideas into the characters in the book. There are quite a few stunning similarities between his character
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Prose Analysis “A Rose for Emily” William Faulkner The two female cousins came at once. They held the funeral on the second day‚ with the town coming to look at Miss Emily beneath a mass of bought flowers‚ with the crayon face of her father musing profoundly above the bier and the ladies sibilant and macabre; and the very old men --some in their brushed Confederate uniforms--on the porch and the lawn‚ talking of Miss Emily as if she had been a contemporary of theirs‚ believing that they had
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In the story "The Baby Party" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter" by Chen Rong‚ both authors try to convey a message of "much ado about nothing." Characters in both stories focus on an issue or problem that is not important‚ which ends up bringing them more troubles. In "Regarding the Problem of Newborn Piglets in Winter‚" the problem is formed by Zhang Dingfan‚ the Secretary. He just dreams up this unreal problem as "a wind blows up outside"; therefore
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including his dutiful enlistment into World War I. F. Scott Fitzgerald brought attention to America’s youths’ love affairs and “petting parties.” (Seeking meaning in life) This Side of Paradise was published in 1920‚ making him famous almost overnight. His life then moved into a constant stream of opulent soirees and jazz dances full of more promiscuous dancing than ever before and falling into alcoholism. Soon after This Side of Paradise‚ Fitzgerald and his new wife‚ Zelda Sayre‚ left for Paris; lured
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her home to see where she had lived her life. Upon their arrival‚ they find a corpse lying on a bed in a mysterious locked room upstairs. On the bed‚ next to the corpse there was a "long strand of iron-gray hair" (36). In "A Rose for Emily‚" William Faulkner tells a story about a young woman who is overly-influenced and controlled by her father. Her father has made all the decisions for her and he chose whom she could and could not be courted by. After her father died‚ it took Emily three days to
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In the short story "A Rose for Emily" written by William Faulkner conveys the main Idea of decline and decay through the setting of the story‚ a small town‚ Jefferson‚ and the people that live there including Emily Grierson. Will Faulkner used Emily Grierson to convey the idea of decline and decay. She is proclaimed to be one of the most gorgeous and beautiful inhabitants of the little town‚ Jefferson. But as time goes by she goes growing older and losing her beauty and loveliness. Near the end
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