Analysis Of ' The Sides Of Paradise ' By F. Scott Fitzgerald

“This Side of Paradise” and “The Great Gatsby” two novels written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, during the post-World War I era. The novels have many similarities and differences in two main characters Amory Blaine and Jay Gatsby, “This Side of Paradise” has remained a novel while “The Great Gatsby” has been put into film in 1975. The comparisons of these two novels are based on the book and film. Blaine and Gatsby had very different lives growing up one of wealth and prestige and one of common wealth, which has affected the drive in life. Blaine and Gatsby had one big thing in common, a woman they felt they could not live without. Finally, in their final chapter of life, Blaine and Gatsby died never getting what they wanted.

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald is an extremely renowned coming of age novel. It portrays life in the roaring 20’s, following the life of a young Amory Blaine. Amory faces obstacles from devastation by wealthy women to fighting in World War I and losing some of his closest friends. Reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster emphasized the main ideas throughout Amory’s life. The two main ideas that stood out in Fitzgerald’s book, was the quest taken by Amory Blaine and what Foster calls “baptisms” throughout the story.

The assassination on 28 June 1914 of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary,” by a Yugoslav nationalist was the proximate trigger of the war. It resulted in a Habsburg ultimatum against the Kingdom of Serbia”. Several alliances formed over the previous decades were invoked, so within weeks the major powers were at war. The conflict is going to spread around the world soon. I’ve done a little light reading Caroline.

The start of the war was a ‘chain reaction’ as some may say; Germany was upsetting the balance of power, causing a sense of threat toward Britain. Austria-Hungarian Archduke

Throughout this section of the book, Fitzgerald makes numerous references to authors that Amory reads. Many of these books are likely what influenced Fitzgerald while writing This Side of Paradise. Amory’s love life is likely the greatest window Fitzgerald gives the reader into the social structure of the 20’s. Amory quarts girls from a young age, attending dances and parlor parties one after the other.

To look at F. Scott Fitzgerald popular “The Great Gatsby”, which has been recreated for film many times, but the one that this paper will be using is Jack Clayton’s 1974 version and compare it to Fitzgerald’s first novel “This Side of Paradise”. The two are set in America, his first novel being set in the 1910’s and the other set in the roaring twenties. Fitzgerald's “The Great Gatsby” and “This Side of Paradise” portray very different times and social classes.

World War I was sparked by the assassination of Archduke of Austria Hungary, Franz Ferdinand. Gavrilo Princip, A member of the terroristic group, The Black hand, is responsible for the death of the Archduke, and his wife. With this happening, almost immediately Austria- Hungary wants to declare war on Serbia, where his death happened. Allies of each country go to defend one another, with Russia moving in to defend Serbia, and Germany moving in to help Austria-Hungary. France moves to help Russia, and July 28, 1914, is when Austria-Hungary pulls the trigger, and goes to war with Serbia. Each country has their allies defending them, and battling on the other side.

On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia despite the protests of England, France and Russia. Germany backed up Austria-Hungry and declared war on Russia with France as an ally on August 1. The Germans invaded Belgium as Great Britain declared war on Germany and on August 6, Austria-Hungry declared war on Russia. Diplomats rushed to ease tensions, but they could not stop the system of alliances from running its course. Accordingly, enemies were established and what was originally a local crisis in Bosnia, exploded into a major world war. The document labeled “Major Events in Europe 1870-1914”, displays what took place and at what time. Every happening under the grouping; 1914, demonstrates what countries sided with the Allied and Central Powers, and who declared war on certain countries. It proves all events that took place, up until the start of World War

Second, After The Black Hands had killed Franz Ferdinand The Black Hands thought a rebellion would happen when in reality, this lead to a chain reaction/domino effect. This lead to Austria-hungary declaring war on Serbia while war was declared on Serbia, Russia had an alliance with Serbia, Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary due to the alliance they made. While Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary, Germany helped out Austria-Hungary due to the alliance they had also made.After war was declared on Russia, France also had an alliance with them so they declared war on Germany. This all happened in a few days keep in mind, although Britain had nothing to do at all they sided with france in hopes of ending this war sooner. But in reality

When Austria–Hungary ended up at war in August 1914, due to being apart of the Triple Alliance, against the Triple

For a time, Europe basked in peace and glory in 1900. However, the glory ended in 1914 when Europe got itself into one of the biggest wars ever: World War I. In the late 19th century, European leaders thought they could keep peace in Europe if they created a balance of power between the major countries of Europe such as, England, Russia, France, and Germany. Otto Von Bismarck, a Prussian Chancellor, had an uneasy view of this peace because Germany was unfortunately between Russia and France. In order to not ever fight a war with these two powers, Bismarck tried to negotiate with them but failed. This lead him to become allies with Austria-Hungary and Italy. This group became known as the Triple Alliance. In response, another alliance was formed called the Triple Entente with France, Russia, and Great Britain. Tension arose between these countries but nothing could compare with the tension within countries such as in the Balkans. Nationalism was rising in Serbia, an area in the Balkans, and they wanted to be separated from Austria-Hungary who controlled them. The Serb’s plan to get them away was to assassinate the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Their plan in killing the archduke succeeded but the event gave rise to a chain reaction that no one could have expected.The Austrian government, furious with the Serbians, asked for Germany’s help if they were to go to war and the Serbians, to protect themselves, asked Russia. This brought in many more countries because of the alliances

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure. Little did he know, he would become the most influential author of the 1920’s. Francis wrote many of his novels and short stories based off of events in his life. Many ideas reflected his relationship with his wife, Zelda, and his lifestyle in the Midwest. “This Side of Paradise” and “The Great Gatsby” both have main characters from the Midwest. This author did not get any credit during his life, but is now known as the most eminent author from the jazz age.

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the first draft of his first novel in army training camps between the years 1917 and 1918. The working title was The Romantic Egoist. By February of 1918, Fitzgerald had submitted his first full draft of the novel to Charles Scribner’s Sons only to have it be rejected. In October of 1918, Fitzgerald submitted a revised version to Scribner’s and again it was rejected. Finally, in 1918 the third version of The Romantic Egoist re-titled This Side of Paradise was accepted and published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

I chose the book This Side of Paradise because I really enjoy F. Scott Fitzgerald 's style of writing. After researching Fitzgerald 's life, I am intrigued by how he parallels his own life and experiences into his novels. Amory Blaine, the novel 's protagonist, lives out a life that is most similar to that of Fitzgerald 's own, through his rebellious adolescence and pursuits for love. Fitzgerald reflects on his own troubled young adulthood during the American Jazz era of the early twentieth century, through the characters and plot of This Side of Paradise.

into war, and the hostility soon spread all over the world. On 28 July, the Austria-Hungarians