F. Scott Fitzgerald’s modernist writings were influential in that they expressed social concerns and criticized the upper class of the 1920s. What made Fitzgerald so unique was his ability to connect to his audience using real life‚ domestic stories‚ while at the same time‚ arguing widespread ideas. Some of Fitzgerald’s most popular works include The Great Gatsby‚ The Beautiful and the Damned‚ This Side of Paradise‚ and Tender is the Night. They all convey messages regarding social flaws. In the
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F. Scott Fitzgerald has written many books and short stories. One of these pieces of literature is The Great Gatsby. This has been one of his most popular works along with Tender is the Night. The book’s popularity allowed it to be adapted into multiple different films. The theme of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the faultiness of humanity‚ and Fitzgerald’s purpose of the novel is to convey that life is not perfect; furthermore‚ this work displays useful lessons for students to learn
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redefined themselves and music grew to an all time high. This revolutionary and dynamic decade is the setting for The Great Gatsby and “Winter Dreams” both by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in New York‚ The Great Gatsby is the story of James Gatz‚ a newly rich man who tries to regain the love of his past girlfriend‚ Daisy‚ who is already married. The story “Winter Dreams”‚ set in Minnesota‚ is the story of Dexter‚ a boy who falls in love with an even younger girl‚ Judy Jones‚ who falls back into love with
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In the novel‚ “The Great Gatsby”‚ by F Scott Fitzgerald‚ the author wants us to view Nick Caraway as courageous and sticking to his morals. Nick is the narrator of the novel and he has faced many difficult decisions that have tested his moral standing. He seemed to make a morally right decision in all of these instances despite the consequences they could have for him. The hardest decision Nick had to make was to arrange for Daisy‚ his married cousin‚ to meet a long lost love of hers‚ Jay Gatsby
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“The Jazz Age” and F. Scott Fitzgerald "It was an age of miracles. It was an age of art‚ it was an age of excess‚ and it was an age of satire.” (“Fitzgerald: The Jazz Age” p. 3). As the 1920s began‚ the old‚ conservative ways of life began to disintegrate. A new era was just beginning. This era is called “The Jazz Age.” The Great Gatsby‚ a literary masterpiece written by F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ the social historian of the 1920s‚ directly reflects the virtues‚ materialism‚ and revolutionary nature
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face. In the story The Great Gatsby i feel as if i relate to Nick as he learns that the people he’s been around for a while aren’t really the people he thought they were. By putting together the motifs of materialism and lies and illusion. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives an expression of a powerful theme that connects with the lesson I learned. In the beginning of the story Nick goes into town with Tom and they end up at Myrtle’s apartment who is Tom’s mistress. That’s when Nick starts to comprehend that
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Analysis of “Materialistic Perception” in F. Scot Fitzgerald Using Marxist Literary Criticism Compiled by Akhmad Kusuma Wardhana Bachelor Degree of English Department Faculty of Humanity Airlangga University Chapter I 1.1 Introduction The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious
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Classic authors persist due to unique qualities that elevate them from their time. F. Scott Fitzgerald found success for his ability to foster “a close relationship with the reader through the voice of his fiction‚ which was intimate‚ warm‚ and witty” (Keshmiri 78). It begs to question how he managed to organize words that would instigate such distinct feelings in the reader. Despite his novels being in prose‚ they share many qualities with poetry that utilizes precise word choice‚ figurative language
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Throughout Winter Dreams‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald develops the theme of ambition through the main character Dexter Green’s desire to achieve more in life. Dexter is going to college and his father offered to pay his way through a state college. Except Dexter’s dreams had other plans‚ “They persuaded Dexter several years later to pass up a business course at the State University … for the precarious advantage of attending an older and more famous university in the East‚ where he was bothered by his scanty
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born into a Catholic family in St. Paul‚ Minnesota‚ on September 24‚ 1896. Educated in private prep schools and then at Princeton until 1917‚ when he enlisted in the army because he feared he wouldn ’t graduate ‚ he was a middle-class‚ Midwestern boy who coveted the wonders of the East. When he married Zelda Sayre‚ a southern‚ upper-class daughter of a wealthy Alabama Supreme Court judge ‚ Fitzgerald thought he had it all. The couple lived the high life‚ moving back and forth
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