Personality differences: Julie and Lois are both sisters, but they have opposite personalities. They do however look the same (has a similar face) and has almost the exact same voice. Julie is seen as the care free sister, one who tends to be impulsive. She is seen as the modest sister of the two, especially in the way she dresses. Lois, on the other hand, is more conservative and it is also evident in the way she dresses. She is also seen as the sister who has moral values (Fitzgerald, 1922:1). Turn-taking: Throughout the play there are instances where the characters apply turn-taking in the way they ask questions to give the floor to the other person to whom they are speaking. Examples are where Lois asks Julie (while sitting in the bath) …show more content…
We can see this occurring where the Young man then said: “I see all the pictures are off the walls” (Fitzgerald, 1922:6). (By asking the first question, he did not out it in a clear manner.) Julie therefor did not completely understand him. Conversation implicature: We can see this, where the Young man asks Julie: “Do you imagine we'd have a crowd following us?" Julie then replied, not straightforward by saying: "A crowd?” (Fitzgerald, 1922:7). “There'd be a special, all-steel, buffet train leaving New York hourly” (Fitzgerald, 1922:7). Politeness strategies: In the beginning of the play we can see that senses of politeness were applied. This is where Julie was taking a bath and where Lois accidentally walked in, without knowing that she were bathing. Lois: (starting) "Oh, 'scuse me” (Fitzgerald, 1922:2). “I didn't know you were here” (Fitzgerald, 1922:2). ("Oh, 'scuse me" implies that she is really sorry for just barging in, without first knocking (Fitzgerald, 1922:2). Julie: "Oh, hello. I'm giving a little concert - (Fitzgerald, 1922:2). (By saying "oh, hello" (Fitzgerald, 1922:2) we can see that she was surprised when Lois walked in, but because Lois said "Oh, 'scuse me", Julie was not upset (Fitzgerald,
The first writing technique that makes Fitzgerald’s writing effective is the use of imagery. Nick has moved to West Egg,
“Lennie was in a panic. His face was contorted. She screamed then, and Lennie's other hand closed over her mouth and nose. "Please don't," he begged. "Oh! Please don't do that. George'll be mad." … "I don't want you to yell. You gonna get me in trouble jus' like George says you will. Now don't you do that." And she
The final page offers much of Fitzgerald’s perspective, and it is wonderfully summed up in the final sentence of the book.
He's taking so long—she notices and she wonders what's going through his mind. Ah, possibly mocking her for being highly stupidious that Einstein's probably crying in whatever depths of Heaven he's in. Not that she cares, but it irks her anyway since hello—she's on the floor. Pretty sure anyone wouldn't just stare at her and not help. She figures he doesn't have that much decency.
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One night in 1921, a friend of Fitzgerald's heard him mutter a strange comment. "God damn the Catholic Church; God damn the Church; God damn God!" he said (Allen, 92). It was three years before he would write The Great Gatsby. In the years preceding this incident, he would often visit with a priest by the name of John Barron to talk about "Fitzgerald's writing as well as other literary and religious matters" (Allen, 91). Barron noticed his "spiritual instability," and "his natural response to Fitzgerald's iconoclasms was a quiet "Scott, quit being a damn fool'" (Allen, 92). Fitzgerald
—F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. New York: Scribners, 1994. pg. 352.
With the usage of these stylistic elements of time progression, precise word choice, and comparisons from his own personal life, Fitzgerald illustrates wonderfully how all people at some point in their lives will eventually “crack-up”. Explaining to us how we will experience the sudden external blows, and the build up of “internal cracks”.The usage of his real life examples of other well known people. All of these thing shows to us that “Of course all life is a process of breaking
"He wants to know," continued Jordan, "if you'll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over." (Fitzgerald, 63)
Fitzgerald is a member of the Lost Generation and his life is portrayed through the character Gatsby. Both of these individuals experienced the pain of lost love and crushed expectations because “both Fitzgerald and Gatsby seem to ‘preserve a romantic state of mind’ in order to escape the painful reality that they had lost the women they love” (Sanders 109). Psychological and spiritual
There are other characters in the play that act as though they are trying to help the Younger family or are happy for them, but we realize that they are trying to help themselves or others around them. One of these characters is Wilhemenia Johnson. She is a neighbor of the Youngers. One day she stopped by their apartment for a quick visit. She tells Mama how happy she is that they are
Andy Swenson: Good evening Mr. Fitzgerald thank you for letting me in, how are you doing?
Betty: “I saw George Jacobs with the Devil! U saw Goody Howe with the Devil!” … “I saw Martha Bellows with the Devil!”
"Consider the context in which Fitzgerald was writing: America in the 1920s was undergoing dynamic changes. Between 1921 and 1924 the country’s gross national product jumped from $69 billion to $93 billion while aggregate wages rose from roughly $36.4 billion to $51.5 billion. The United States had entered World War I a debtor nation and emerged as Europe’s largest creditor, to the tune of $12.5 billion. From a relative standpoint, America was rich, and it showed" F.Scott Fitzgerald and the Age of Excess" by Joshua
The main theme of the play is to not fall prey to emotions and hasty suspicions. They are a bad combination and will ruin your life. If you ever get one of these you should try not to get the other or you are in trouble. So if you are ever having doubts about someone ask them, don’t listen to your friends. They might not know the truth or the whole