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- As a result he had typically ambivalent American feelings about American life, which seemed to him at once vulgar and dazzlingly promising. He also had an intensely romantic imagination, what he once called “a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life,” and he charged into experience determined to realize those promises.
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Feb 22, 2019 · Life and Love. "The Offshore Pirate," "Flappers and Philosophers" "All life is just a progression toward, and then a recession from, one phrase — 'I love you.'" "Tender is the Night" "Either you think — or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize, and sterilize you."
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“If I knew words enough, I could write the longest love letter in the world and never get tired” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald 9. “An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.”
We will also note how each relationship develops through the story, the power dynamics involved, and what each particular relationship seems to say about Fitzgerald's depiction of love. We will also include analysis of important quotes for each of the five major couples.
In many ways, The Great Gatsby represents Fitzgerald’s attempt to confront his conflicting feelings about the Jazz Age. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald was driven by his love for a woman who symbolized everything he wanted, even as she led him toward everything he despised.
Nov 21, 2023 · F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, tells the story of the ill-fated love between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. But this is very much a love story of its time,...
Sep 26, 2018 · In honor of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday on September 24, let’s take a closer look at some quotes from some of the Jazz Age’s favorite author. The Great Gatsby is certainly the most well known of his works, but Fitzgerald had plenty to say in this book and others on the nature of life, love, writing, and drunkenness.
Explanation of the famous quotes in The Great Gatsby, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
