Fitzgerald And Hemingway

Fitzgerald has a great way of making The Great Gatsby presents a harsh picture of the world he sees around him. The 1920s marked a time of great post-war economic growth, and Fitzgerald captures the frenzy of the society while making The Great Gatsby into an accurate microcosm. Fitzgerald had no way of foreseeing the stock market crash of 1929, the world he presents in The Great Gatsby seems clearly to be headed for disaster. They incorrectly place their faith in superficial means, such as money and materialism, while neglecting to manage the compassion and sensitivity that, in fact, separates humans from objects.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald shows many examples of modernism. Fitzgerald shows many modernism techniques like loss of control, alienation, corruption of the American Dream, breaking society’s rules and feeling restless. Fitzgerald also shows modernism through the fragmented writing.

Edmund Wilson, Cleanth Brooks, Jr. and Robert Penn Warren provide a clear view to Ernest Hemingway’s writing. The criticism shows little opinion and looks deeper into the literary elements of Hemingway’s stories. In Wilson’s review of In Our Time he calls Hemingway’s work “..odd and original..”(Wilson). Wilson describes the unique quality of Hemingway’s story which involves not only a series of literary works but also “a set of brief and brutal sketches”(Wilson). These sketches involve many violent times that Hemingway had experienced I his lifetime. The word brutal would accurately describes the scenes that were drawn out and the book may have been seen as too violent for many readers at the time it was published and to this current day. Wilson believes that Hemingway’s stories follow the bases that “The condition of life is pain, and the joys of the most innocent surface are somehow tied to its stifled pangs”(Wilson). This abstract thought “in art made the beauty of Hemingway’s stories”(Wilson).

F. Scott Fitzgerald is mostly known for his images of young, rich, immoral individuals pursuing the American Dream of the 1920’s (Mangum). This image is best portrayed in his greatest novel, The Great Gatsby, alongside his principal themes, “lost hope, the corruption of innocence by money, and the impossibility of recapturing the past” (Witkoski). Fitzgerald was identified as a modern period writer because his themes and topics were inconsistent with traditional writing (Rahn).

In The Great Gatsby, the author, F Scott Fitzgerald depicts the post - war roaring 20’s, a time of overwhelming prosperity and a new found sense of hope for the future. While this novel is often perceived as a romance, it is also a criticism on the devastating nature of the elusive american dream. The story of Jay Gatsby is a representation of what had become the values of the individual at the time. With the progression of the early 1920’s the vision of the perfect life, or the american dream, had been skewed. It was replaced with greed, and an abundance of reckless spending in which the wealthier individuals placed their misguided ideas of happiness. In the Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald chooses to expose the hidden truth behind the illustrious concept of the American dream. Through his use of literary devices such as, symbolism, metaphor, and, irony the central idea of the truly unattainable American dream is supported throughout the novel.

Beautiful imagery laced amidst a wondrous storyline, accompanied by memorable and lovable characters are all elements pertaining to enjoyable works of fiction. Tales that keep one up late into the night forever reading just “one more page” forever propelling the intrinsic imagination for a novel enthusiast. Yet, at times there are deeper meanings hidden between the lines. Symbols, analogies, and latent parallels all connecting to real life events and situations being portrayed by the author. Using literary theory can bring a more profound understanding of the reading material at hand, as well as unique insight as to what the author was feeling or intending to portray at the time of writing.

Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ is set in America of the 1920’s, a predominantly materialistic society revolving around wealth and status above all else. Fitzgerald depicts this obsession with money and luxury through complicated relationships full of trouble, infidelity and sorrow. The relationships Fitzgerald portrays all symbolize the materialism and hedonism of the age; each relationship is doomed to a certain extent based on the social class of each character.

Through similar reasons, Fitzgerald’s writing proposes a clear understanding of the work and exactly how it was meant to be portrayed. This is furthered in the wordy and grandiose descriptions found within his dialogue such as found in “Winter Dreams.” However, Hemingway continues his theme and lack of clarity through his extremely rough dialogue presented in A farewell to Arms. This minimalist approach to dialogue provides the reader little to understand and makes it seem as if the characters are having an inside conversation that is not supposed to be heard. Writing of this kind results in a lack of comprehension of the overall storyline as well as the plot. As a result of these differences, vastly different levels of understanding and clarity are present in the works of Hemingway and

An important aspect of modernism is the ability to connect to readers with personal ventures. The experiences Fitzgerald and Hemingway endured during their lifetimes is reflected distinctively through both authors events and characters. To expound, in Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s life he was poor until his late twenties , providing a perfect comparison to the main character in his renowned novel The Great Gatsby: Jay Gatsby. Gatsby, in the novel, yearned for his true love, Daisy’s, hand in marriage just as Fitzgerald had for his wife Zelda. Both men were forced to climb in financial status in order to to grasp a chance with their beloved inamorata. “He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby truly encompasses every aspect of the Modernist literary movement. However the main character, Jay Gatsby, serves as a polar opposite from the withdrawn, disillusioned characters of the Modernist era. His unwavering sense of hope and his strong faith in others set him apart from the crowd, but will ultimately cause his demise. In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby’s rise to success and eventual fall results from his false ideas of hope, his poor judgement of character, and his inability to move on from the past. Jay Gatsby’s false sense of hope brought him to his level of success, but did not help him in the end.

F. Scott Fitzgerald chose the term “Jazz Age” to describe The Great Gatsby as the decade of pleasure and prosperity that America enjoyed in the nineteen twenties. During this time, the author had advised us that the nation's total wealth more than doubled, and this economic growth swept many Americans into a wealthy yet unfamiliar society. The novel was at a moment when there were changes like the new women, mass culture, and wealth. The story greatly communicates to us, embracing its environment of the roaring twenties, how individuals help the symbols, so that the reader can better understand what the author is trying to tell us. The novel incorporates the millionaire Jay Gatsby, as he gradually overcomes many obstacles to relive the past

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby is a story that has many different themes. Fitzgerald shows the themes that he uses through his character’s desires and actions. This novel has themes in it that we deal with in our everyday life. It has themes that deal with our personal lives and themes that deal with what’s right and what’s wrong. There are also themes that have to do with materialistic items that we deal desire on a daily basis. Fitzgerald focuses on the themes of corrupted love, immorality, and the American Dream in order to tell a story that is entertaining to his readers.

It is often said that certain literary works and characters within such works represent real-world issues. In the work The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the character of Gatsby is shrouded in ambiguity to the reader, providing them with a possibility for personal interpretation. In the work, Gatsby’s character develops from a character representing materialism and a fixation on status to one filled with humility and selflessness for his romantic devotion towards the character of Daisy. Through this shift, the reader is provided with insight in order to draw parallels between Gatsby and two distinct periods in American history. The materialistic side of Gatsby, driven by wealth and his status in Long Island, represents the moral corruption and materialistic desires of America in the 1920s, whereas the romantically devoted Gatsby represents wartime America, devoted to sacrifice and nobility. The contrast within the life of Gatsby allows for a profound insight into the significance of the work as a representation of changing American values.

Many authors, critics, and everyday social readers define Ernest Hemingway as the prime example of 20th century American literature. Hemingway’s works transcend time itself, so that even readers today analyze and criticize his works. His works, of course, have drawn praises and animosity from all corners of the globe. Critics often applause Hemingway on his short simple prose, for which many people recognize him for. His writing builds upon the masterful usage of “short, simple words and short, simple sentences” (Wagner, 3) to create clear and easy to

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