Fitzgerald began writing short stories as a way to support his and Zelda's lifestyle and frequently wrote for the "Saturday Evening Post" and "Esquire", putting off his writing of grand novels in the favor of quick and reliable income (Bruccoli, 1994). ... But he could not get out of debt from his constant partying and failed plays by writing short stories. ... In order to pay for mounting bills Fitzgerald returned to writing short stories and delaying his major writing projects. Fitzgerald would write 160 short stories for magazines in his life providing him with a large amount of income...

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Scott Fitzgerald was the leading writer of America's Jazz Age...and one of its glittering heroes"(ENC 190) in writing novels and short stories. ... Scott Fitzgerald") but no matter how many novels and short stories he wrote, Fitzgerald was never satisfied. ... In one of Fitzgerald's short stories, "A Diamond as Big as Ritz" it shows how he longed for large amounts of money. ... In his short story, "Crazy Sunday" Fitzgerald wrote about a man, Joel. ... Joel drinks many times during the story. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby, James Thurber's short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, and F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story Winter Dreams establish that infatuation with dreams causes conflict, confusion, and loss of identity. ... The short story transitions between Mitty's fantasies and Mitty's reality. ... As per expected, when Judy falls short of expectations Dexter's fragile identity buckles: For the first time in years the tears were streaming down his face. ...

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"Hills Like White Elephants," by Ernest Hemingway is a short story about an American man and a girl named Jig who are confronted with a difficult issue of whether or not terminate a pregnancy. ... Hemingway's writing style in this story is well crafted. ... Hemingway uses the hills in this story to symbolize many things. ... At the end of the story when the American picks up both his and the Jig's baggage and carries it out to the railroad tracks, the tension of the story is relieved. ... The girl claims to be fine and then the story comes to its ending. ...

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Throughout the story, Huck shows rebellion and lack of conformity in different forms. ... From this, the entire story is influenced by Nick. ... Mitty displays a unique sense of lack of conformity to society through his imagination in this short story. ... Other characters in the story view him as childish, unreasonable, and irrational. ... Throughout the story, Mitty acts almost as if he is a child. ...

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Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby's past is revealed very gradually throughout the story. ... We hear the story from Jordan, during a conversation her and Nick have. ... It is an awkward part of the story for both of them. ... He says, "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. ... The rest of the story shows the downfall of all the characters actions. ...

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The description of the characters in Of Mice and Men is not entirely objective either, and is not short of hyperbole and exaggeration. ... As a first person narrator is himself immersed in the timeframe of the story, his role will be very different from that of a third person narrator, who is detached from both the events and timeframe of the story. In The Great Gatsby, Nick is unaware of the conclusion of the story and hence is unraveling the story with no pre-set intention in relation depiction of the plot. ... In Of Mice and Men, however, the third person narrator tells the story with the e...

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Even though Hemingway deserves to be noted as a man who opened critics' eyes to new ways of writing while incorporating his unique writing style and personal adventures into each of his stories, the work of Fitzgerald will never be forgotten. ... He captured the idea of the great American Dream and the idea of true love and his audience went crazy for his stories. ... He had no writer's block and was producing stories faster than most. Soon after being in Paris, he continued to publish short stories, poems, and novels (Guion). ...

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Gatsby is thus the novel's representative of the American Dream, and the story of his youth borrows on one of the dream's oldest myths: that of the self-made man. ... As Nick puts it, "There must have been moment even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams...no through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. ...

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As the flappers started cutting their hair short in bob hair style and wore loose dresses, different from the tight corsets of the Victorian style, they were described as more boyish and less feminine. ... The women celebrate a new era with their short hair, but Krebs seems not to be willing to talk to them. ... Her short hair not only symbolizes the freedom of the women who were not living anymore in a narrow of walls, but it also symbolizes her loss of femininity. ... She consistently lies to Nick and twists the story about her being accused for cheating at a golf tournament. ...

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Narrated by Nick, through the journey that he takes us on, readers are able to capture one of the most eye opening; riveting stories ever told. ... " (Fitzgerald, 174) Nick's short sentences are indicative of this change. The short Sentences' only indicate the tipping point of Nicks Metanoia. ... " (Greenly, Metanoia) As metanoia can easily be described in short as a psychological change, it is clear that Nick's revelations reach far deeper. ...

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Short Summary of The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is a specific portrait of American society during the Roaring Twenties, yet tells the quintessential American story of a man rising from rags to riches only to find that whatever benefits his wealth affords, it cannot grant him the privileges of class and status. ... At this point Gatsby's origins are unclear, but Gatsby clarifies the story: he tells Nick that he is from a wealthy San Francisco and was educated at Oxford after serving in the Great War (for which he received a number of decorations). ......

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As the title infers, Jay Gatsby is nothing short of great. ... This quasi-evil includes all characters in this story, including Gatsby himself. ... As time progresses, Nick's story reveals more and more about him, and he even begins to offer opinions. ...

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Great Gatsby is a story of the hopeless love between a man and a woman in early 1920's. ... Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story and is a protagonist. ... After a short time, Tom and Daisy invited Gatsby, Nick and Jordan for the lunch. ...

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On the surface, The Great Gatsby is a story about disillusioned love between a man and a woman. ... Adams notes a similar wasted effort by Fitzgerald when he writes, "Fitzgerald began working . . . sold his first short story . . . ...

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He will never be an "equal" because his money was earned rather than inherited, he knows the value of a dollar and is not as careless as the old money.We see that Gatsby meant more to Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, in his statement: "'They're a rotten crowd' I shouted, across the lawn, 'You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.'" ... Jordan Baker, Daisy's childhood friend and Nick's short-term love interest, is portrayed as being reckless and dishonest, having the arrogant attitude of many of the people of her time, but a...

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From Gatsby wasting his entire life and money on hope of Daisy's return and Myrtle wanting to leave her whole past for Tom, to the artificial fantasy of a perfect life that the Buchanan's appear to have, the most important figures throughout the story represents corruption in one way or another. ... "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams---not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion," Nick acclaims in the novel. ...

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But as the story progresses, their flaws are revealed, transitioning from white dresses to yellow ones. ... White is first mentioned as Nick describes Daisy and Jordan at East Egg, appearing, "both in white and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house" (8). ...

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When Nick first sees Daisy, "They were both in white and their dresses were ripping and fluttering as if they had just blown back in after a short flight around the house." ... Malcolm Cowley author of, "Introduction to the Great Gatsby" says it best when he states, "He is so familiar with the characters and their background, so absorbed in their fate, that the book has an admirable unity of texture, we can open any page and find another of the touches that illuminate the story." ...

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His books today serve as more then just fictional stories read for pleasure, but rather a more in-depth view of American history and the ordinary people living during this time. ... The 1920s usually don't show a women like this but rather it portrays a picture of the women in this time as being more liberated, cutting their hair short, driving, and smoking cigarettes. ...

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On a warm summer day in 1924 when F. Scott Fitzgerald sat down to start his next project, he had no idea that he would be writing one of the greatest novels in history. In the summer and fall of 1924, Fitzgerald spent his time in France writing a novel that would eventually become known as The G...

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Stories and rumors revolve like insects hovering around precious light about this man, who holds extravagant parties each week, and yet fails to actually introduce himself to his hundreds of guests. ... If his life hadn't been cut short by a misguided and confused bullet, Gatsby would have continued to pursue her love. ...

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"Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. ... Myrtle's character does not change thought the story, she has a sensual charisma that is hinted in the very beginning of her introduction and continues until she becomes a tragic figure. ...

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