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Fitzgerald’s social sensitivity is one of his biggest strengths. It is reflected through his specific way of describing scenes and the use of straightforward diction. He perfectly understood people’s behavior and was able to interpret them perfectly in his novels which is why a lot of archetypes are easily recognizable in his works. He doesSigue leyendo «Social Sensitivity»

I am Jonathan Mahrt. I graduated from an American High school in Mallorca. I am a tennis player at Hofstra, and I am majoring in Computer Science. I chose to do my blog about F. Scoot Fitzgerald simply because he is the first American author I read in english. Also because he is one ofSigue leyendo «A bit about myself»

Francis Scoot Fitzgerald wrote a lot about his personal life and about the era he lived in. «The great Gatsby» represents perfectly the era of the 1920-30 which is when he lived. In his book «Tender is the night» he in part describes is marital situation, he inspired himself a lot from the mental conditionSigue leyendo «A bit about the author’s writing style»

Fitzgerald’s works are quite easy to read. He has an impressive capacity to include the readers in his writings, allowing us to completely understand how his characters work while still surprising us. He achieves this through his extensive descriptions and his use of common archetypes. This image is quite self explanatory, but I like toSigue leyendo «Readability»

Overall Fitzgerald doesn’t give a lot of importance to having organised stories, as a reader we quickly lose the notion of time. He often combines flashbacks and present events which makes the readers lose the notion of time. He often uses an unreliable narrator which often makes the course of the story confusing. Another factorSigue leyendo «Organization»

Fitzgerald’s descriptions of characters and scenes are very specific. He his more of a superficial writer. He often gives more importance to describing specific details than to explaining the overall situation. This is in part why his novels are so enjoyable. The fact that he gives so much importance to describing the environment and theSigue leyendo «Diction»

Fitzgerald uses detailed language to spike our senses. He often describes the general mood through specific descriptions of how the characters are dressed, and how the objects in the room they find themselves in is disposed of. He somehow manages to make the situations he describes very familiar to us even though we have notSigue leyendo «Language»