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This 5 page paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald,
known as the spokesman of the "Lost Generation" of
Americans in the 1920s. Fitzgerald's life and
major work, The Great Gatsby are discussed.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_BBfitz.doc.
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were forced to grow up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken" (Charters 489). The twenties were also a wild and crazy
time in United States history. The survivors of the war, partied as hard as they had fought. Fitzgerald accepted a commission as a second lieutenant in the Regular
Army during World War I, yet most of his time was not spent in active duty, but rather in writing his first novel, This Side of Paradise., a financially successful
work which made Fitzgerald a celebrity. The ambitious, twenty-three-year-old author wrote in its introduction, "My whole theory of writing I can sum up in one sentence. An author ought
to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next and the schoolmasters of ever afterward." Few American writers published as many well-received 7short stories in
the popular fiction market as Fitzgerald during this time. After publication of his second short story collection in 1922, he was recognized as the eloquent spokesperson for the Jazz Age.
Among his short stories that addressed the aspirations of the generation coming of age in the Roaring Twenties, many continue to appear in popular, literary collections today. Among these are
"Bernice Bobs her Hair," "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," "The Debutante," "Absolution," and "Winter Dreams." (http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald). "Babylon Revisited," written in 1931, is one of his later works.
It is considered "more complicated emotionally" than his earlier works because he shows "less regret for the past and more dignity in the face of real sorrow" (Charters 489).
American aspiration, our energy - to do and be - was an important theme in Fitgeralds work and often appeared in his short
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