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- 91: Realism And Naturalism In 20th
- ... fiction (Bradley 1340). Modernist writers, like most Americans, were amazed at the destructive power of war on the common man. Writers such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald spearheaded the modernistic renaissance by employing realistic and naturalistic techniques. Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises details the principle of an “alienation from society that had been forced upon by ... his writing.” (“Faulkner” Compton’s) This idea, much like that of realist James, provides the reader with the whole picture of society. The novels and short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald are famous for portraying the "lost generation" of the post-World War I era. Fitzgerald’s moral values were “social rather than personal” (“Fitzgerald” Compton’s). He believes that his writing should address the problems that society has and the problems that he has ...
- 92: The Great Gatsby 7
- ... life and virtually impossible to touch, almost as if they were a fantasy? In The Great Gatsby, set in two tremendously wealthy communities, East Egg and West Egg, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Jay Gatsby as a Romantic, larger-than-life, figure by setting him apart from the common person. Fitzgerald sets Gatsby in a fantasy world that, based on illusion, is of his own making. Gatsby s possessions start to this illusion. He lives in an extremely lavish mansion. It ... was apparently a promoted major that every Allied government gave a decoration to. (66) However, the medal he received seemed to be either fake or borrowed. The fantasy world that Fitzgerald gives Jay Gatsby also concludes with parties that are practically like movie-like productions. These parties are so fantastic that they last from Friday nights to Monday mornings. His ...
- 93: Nick Carraway’s Role in The Great Gatsby
- ... and therefore flawed. He is still a character and is important to the novel in many other respects, as well as being the narrator. Although there are some similarities between Fitzgerald’s world and the fictional one in The Great Gatsby, we should keep in mind that although the basis for the novel could have been founded on aspects of his ... is the type of person who perhaps means well, but that he has slightly biased opinions which are then transferred over to us, manipulating our point of view to suit Fitzgerald’s thoughts. That is of course, however, the role of most narrators, isn’t it? We are pretty much forced to come to the same conclusion that Carraway reaches, because ... could be as inaccurate as Carraway’s, which is not to say that they’re definitely inaccurate, but merely to suggest that he could be mistaken on a few accounts. Fitzgerald has chosen a narrator who is very much an average person. This affects the novel in a number of ways, most noticeably by increasing the realism, and by drawing ...
- 94: Faces Of The Diamond - Essay O
- ... However, their words of wisdom fell upon deaf ears for evilness can be very seductive. With a similar task to those of the prophets and preachers, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, also known as the poet of the Jazz Age, criticizes the American society in a different approach. By stressing and emphasizing on the society’s worst features, the faults of its members will be greatly magnified and clearly defined. This literary genre of satire is employed by Fitzgerald in his novelette, “the Diamond as Big as the Ritz” to ridicule the American society on the terms of the corruption of the American dream, the maltreatment of human life ... Southern armies were reorganized from the remains of the Civil War and they defeated the North in a one pitched battle, his slaves believed him implicitly. Through this satirical event, Fitzgerald expresses his idea to the readers that many forms of slavery still exist today. After all, it is human’s innate desire to covet material goods and power. Slavery ...
- 95: Great Gatsby 16
- Nick Carraway, the narrator of F. Scott Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby, assigns certain types of images and descriptive words to Tom, Daisy and Jordan and continues to elaborate on these illustration throughout the first chapter. Nick uses ... his movements. wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square. (16) The action verbs Fitzgerald employs convey Tom s brutish force. Charles Scribner III could not have been more correct when he said, I would know Tom Buchanan if I met him on the street ... story was, however later Nick is reminded about the particulars of the story. Jordan s voice is described as contemptuous, and this fits well with her detached and condescending manner. Fitzgerald, through the eyes of Nick Carraway, uses three main methods to develop his characters. However, Fitzgerald utilizes words to stimulate four of our five senses. The reader is able ...
- 96: The Great Gatsby 3
- During Fitzgerald s The Great Gatsby, it is apparent to be an absurd time for the wealthy. The shallowness of money, riches, and a place in a higher social class were probably the most important components in most lives at that period of time. This is expressed clearly by Fitzgerald, especially through his characters, which include Myrtle Wilson, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, and of course, Jay Gatsby. This novel was obviously written to criticize and condemn the ethics of the ... This couple, Tom and Daisy certainly contain serious corruptness due to their shallowness and self-indulgence. Gatsby, the supposed hero of the novel, is a character that surely indicates that Fitzgerald means to denounce the righteousness of the rich. Unlike the other characters in the novel, Gatsby s condition is related more to idealism and his faith in life s ...
- 97: The American Dream - Great Gat
- The "True" American Dream In his novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald paints a vivid portrait of life in the Jazz Age. Taking place in between World War I and the Great Depression, people during this time were all trying to achieve ... way, everyone had their eyes set on the same prize, money. People would do anything to get it and morals were all but lost in this frenzy to become rich. Fitzgerald uses his novel as a way to demonstrate and criticize different versions of the American Dream. He gives us a variety characters and with each of these characters he offers different means of achieving the American Dream. Although many of the characters in the novel have corrupted views of how this dream should be achieved, Fitzgerald does offer one person who goes about things the right way. His means of becoming rich being corrupt, but Jay Gatsby justifies his actions by having honorable reasons for ...
- 98: Unidentified Flying Objects: Fact or Fiction?
- ... to Earth, mated with the primitives and established a high level of culture, before being destroyed by some natural catastrophe. And upon this catastrophe and destruction, we build and grow (Fitzgerald 1). Berossus, a Babylonian scholar, may have been the first astronaut historian. He said that " animals endowed with reason" bestowed the Sumerian culture before 3000 BCE. The Sumerians, along with ... this ancient astronaut theory and the "saucer myths" represent a compromise "between the need to believe in a traditional God and the contemporary pressures to accept the pronouncement of science (Fitzgerald 5);" therefore, according to Sagan, the proposition that aliens exist and the astronaut theory should be tossed. Many theorists assume the Bible is a totally separate entity and don't ... potentially a fatal threat to humankind and, in effect, discourage the effort to communicate with such beings (Referring to the many attempts to communicate with aliens via powerful satellite dishes.) (Fitzgerald 7). With all the theories in mind, we come to the next issue. What are people, in reality, seeing? Kenneth Arnold was a normal businessman in Idaho. As an ...
- 99: The Great Gatsby: Depravation of the American Dream
- ... stated that “In the deepening gloom of the Depression, the American Dream represented a reaffirmation of traditional American hopes.” The Great Gatsby, a sensitive, satiric fable, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays the pursuit of success and the collapse of the American dream. This is shown in the theme of the book, as well as in the symbolism of the characters and the action. Critics have referred to The Great Gatsby as F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece about the corruption of the American dream. The theme of The Great Gatsby depicts the depravation of the American Dream. Out of Fitzgerald's presentation and analysis of the lives of Gatsby, Nick, and the Buchanans comes the final theme that the American idealism has been corrupted by adopting materialism as its ...
- 100: Critical Biography On J. D. Salinger
- ... Hemingway and Salinger would last until Hemingway's death in 1961. Despite having a personal relationship with Hemingway, according to Harold Bloom, " [Salinger's work actually] derives from F. Scott Fitzgerald (qtd. in "Salinger" SSC 2: 318)." Such a conclusion can be drawn for a number of reasons. First, Salinger's narrative style shows a striking similarity to Fitzgerald's; and second, many of Salinger's characters, like Holden Caulfield and Seymour Glass show a close resemblance to Fitzgerald's character Jay Gatsby. Another interesting stylistic distinction is the dependable presence of a child in a major role in the storyline. Much like William Wodsworth, Salinger appreciates childhood ...
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