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F. Scott FitzgeraldWriting StyleThemeCharactersAutobiographical ElementsWordChoiceNarratorCharacter DevelopmentFigurativeLanguageSophisticated vocabulary used inmoderationWinter Dreams: "It offended him thatthe links should lie in enforced(fallowness)" (Fitzgerald 1).Benjamin Button: "He would haveto introduce this-this(septuagenarian)" (Fitzgerald 6).The Great Gatsby: "Gatsbybelieved in the green light, the(orgastic) future that year by yearrecedes before us" (Fitzgerald189).Heavy use of imagery in the form of paragraphsWinter Dreams: "The little girl who had done this waseleven--beautifully ugly as little girls are apt to be... shiningthrough her thin frame in a sort of glow" (Fitzgerald 1).Benjamin Button: "A grotesque picture formed itself beforethe eyes of a tortured man: a picture of himself walkingthrough the crowded streets of the city with this appallingapparition stalking by his side" (Fitzgerald 6).The Great Gatsby: "ā€œWe walked through a high hallway into a bright rosy colored space, fragilely boundinto the house by french windows at either end. The windows w\e ajar and gleaming white against thefresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house. A breeze blew threw the room, blewcurtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding cakeof the ceiling-and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the seaā€(Fitzgerald 12).Develops Characters by ActionDevelops Characters by DialogueBenjamin Button: ā€œ... and repeated in a firm voice: ā€˜I am eighteen years oldā€™ā€ (Fitzgerald 14). Throughthis use of dialogue, Fitzgerald depicts Benjaminā€™s determination and integrity.The Great Gatsby: "and he added hollowly,' '...old sport'"(Fitzgerald 89). Gatsbyā€™s repetition of ā€œold sportā€ showsthat he is friendly towards others.Winter Dreams: "A sort of dullness settled down upon Dexter. For the first time in his life he felt likegetting very drunk" (Fitzgerald 9). This action shows that Dexter is feeling miserable due to hearingthe news about Judy.Winter Dreams: "'No sir' said Dexter decisively, 'i don't want to caddy anymore.' Then,after a pause: 'I'm too old'" (Fitzgerald 1). This dialogue shows that he is a dreamerand wants more out of his life.Great Gatsby: "i called up Daisy from the office next morning and invited her to come over fortea" (Fitzgerald 88). This quote shows how Nick is helpful, because he had his hands full, yet dida favor fro Gatsby.Benjamin Button: "But mr. Button persisted in his unwavering purpose... declared that ifBenjamin doesn't like warm milk, he could go without food altogether" (Fitzgerald 10).This action shows that Roger Button is strong headed.Past TenseObjectifying women and looking downupon themWinter Dreams: "ā€œā€˜My God, sheā€™s good-looking!ā€™Said Mr. Sandwood, who was just over thirty.ā€(page 3, paragraph 16). This quote is explaininghow older men (in their 40s) were eyeing Judy (21)Benjamin Button: ā€œHe hoped it would be aboy so that he could be sent to Yale Collegein Connecticutā€ (Fitzgerald 3). This quoteshows how women aren't found capable incomparison to menThe Great Gatsby: ā€œI hope sheā€™ll be a fool -- thatā€™s thebest thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful littlefoolā€ (21). This quote shows how people only careabout how beautiful a woman looks like, and not howsmart or capable she can beMad LoveF. Scott Fitzgerald was an alcoholic and he talksabout drinking throughout his storiesWinter Dreams: "'Oh, Lud Simms has gone to pieces in a way. I don't mean he ill-usesher, but he drinks and runs around'" (Fitzgerald 8). Similar to Benjamin Button,alcohol and drinking is referenced in a bad way.The Great Gatsby: "'Open the whisky, Tom,' she ordered. 'And I'llmake you a mint julep. Then you won't seem so stupid toyourself...'" (Fitzgerald 136). Drinking is refrenced many times inthis novel, especially during Gatsby's lavish parties.Benjamin Button: "'Young men are so idiotic. They tell me how much champagne theydrink at college and how much money they lose playing cards.'" (Fitzgerald 16). In thispiece, alcohol is referenced in a negative connotation in contrast to his other texts.Fitzgerald's wife refused to marry him until he wasfinancially stableWinter Dreams: "' But I've just had a terrible afternoon. There was a man I cared about, andthis afternoon he told me out of a clear sky that he was poor as a church-mouse.'" (Fitzgerald5). Judy cannot be with someone who isn't rich, and wealth is her priority in a manBenjamin Button: "'I've always said," went on Hildegarde, "that I'd rather marry a manof fifty and be taken care of than many a man of thirty and take care of him'"(Fitzgerald 17). Hildegarde want a life in which her husband is stable, and is able totake care of herThe Great Gatsby: "'We heard that you were engaged.' 'It's a libel. I'm too poor'"(Fitzgerald 24). Nick cannot get a wife since he is too poor for any woman likingWinter Dreams: "He had wanted Judy Jonesever since he was a proud, desirous little boy"(Fitzgerald 5). Dexter constantly chases afterJudy, despite her not being interest in him.Benjamin Button: "But whenhis own time came, and hedrifted with her out uponthe changing floor to themusic of the latest waltzfrom Paris, his jealousnessand anxiety melted fromhim like a mantle of snow.Blind with enchantment, hefelt that life was justbeginning" (Fitzgerald 16).Benjamin is mesmerized byHildegrade and is madly inlove with herThe Great Gatsby: "'Well, I tried to swing the wheelā€”' He broke off, and suddenly I guessed at thetruth. 'Was Daisy driving?' 'Yes,' he said after amoment, 'but of course Iā€™ll say I was.'" (Fitzgerald154). Gatsby is madly in love with Daisy, so hetakes the blame for Myrtle's death even thoughshe kills him.Winter Dreams: "She wore a blue silk afternoondress, and he was disappointed at first that it wasnot something more elaborate" (Fitzgerald 4).The Great Gatsby: "'I am, though,' she said with avisible effort" (Fitzgerald 140).Benjamin Button: "Mr. Buttonstood there upon the sidewalk,stupefied and trembling from headto foot" (Fitzgerald 4).Fitzgerald's narrators are unbiasedWinter Dreams: "He slammed the door. Into so many cars she had stepped--likethis--like that-- her back against the leather, so--her elbow resting on the door--waiting" (Fitzgerald 7). Although narrator says Judy has been with other men thenarrator does not give the impression of whether it is right or wrong.Benjamin Button: "The matter was distasteful to him, and he wished to avoid it" (Fitzgerald 24). The narratornever weighs in the opinion if Roscoe is a bad son for not being supportive of his father's situations.The Great Gatsby: "'That's true,' I said uncomfortably" (Fitzgerald 176). Nick understands that Gatsbyhad flaws as shown in this scene where Gatsby's father is praising him, but Nick does not judgeGatsby in the book.Female CharactersFitzgerald's female characters are jealousThe Great Gatsby: "'Well, first Daisy turned away from the woman...-it must havekilled her instantly'" (Fitzgerald 151). Fitzgerald leads the reader to believe Daisykilled Myrtle in the car accident on purpose because she was jealous that Tom washaving an affair with her.Benjamin Button: "She sniffed. 'Do you think it's anything to boast about?'"(Fitzgerald 21). Hildegarde is jealous that she is no longer the young and beautifulone in her relationship with Benjamin.Winter Dreams: "'I wish you'd marry me.'" (Fitzgerald 7). Judy comes back toDexter only after finding out he is engaged to Irene.LatinRootsBenjamin Button: "'Because if youare,' went on the old man(querulously)" (Fitzgerald 6).Winter Dreams: "He was beyond any(revulsion) or any amusement"(Fitzgerald 8).The Great Gatsby: "...and he gave out incessantly his highhorrible call" (Fitzgerald 146).Follows one characters lifeBenjamin Button: Narrator follows the lifeof Benjamin: "On the life of BenjaminButton between his twelfth andtwenty-fifth year" (Fitzgerald 13).The Great Gatsby: Nick narrates the story, and it follows his life and whathe sees: "There was music from my neighborā€™s house through the summernights... And on Mondays eight servants including an extra gardener toiledall day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers andgarden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before" (Fitzgerald 43).Winter Dreams: The narrator follows Dexter's life: "It is not so simple as that,either. As so frequently would be the case in the future, Dexter wasunconsciously dictated by his winter dreams" (Fitzgerald 2).Uses vocabulary to describe characters voicewhen speakingThe Great Gatsby: "'Oxford, NewMexico,' snorted Tom(contemptuously)" (Fitzgerald 129).Winter Dreams: "'No, sir,' said Dexter(decisively)" (Fitzgerald 1).Benjamin Button: "'Talk sense!' said Doctor Keene(sharply)" (Fitzgerald 1).Use of similesThe Great Gatsby: ā€œ...men and girls came and went like mothsamong the whisperings and the champagne and the starsā€(Fitzgerald 43).Use of metaphors:Social Classes and ReputationFitzgerald went to Princeton University, and thecharacters in his novels also have access toquality educationThe Great Gatsby: "I graduated fromNew Haven in 1915, just a quarter of acentury after my father" (Fitzgerald 5).Nick graduated from Yale.Benjamin Button: "So his father sent him up to Connecticut to takeexaminations for entrance to Yale College" (Fitzgerald 13). Benjaminis applying to YaleWinter Dreams: "His winter dreams persuaded Dexter years later to pass up a businesscourse in the State University... attending an older and more famous university in theEast" (Fitzgerald 2). Dexter would rather go to an Ivy League school.Disloyal CharactersBenjamin Button: "Benjamin's discontent waxed stronger" (Fitzgerald 20). Benjamin isno longer interested in his wife and does not want to be with her anymore.Winter Dreams: "He should have told her now that he was going to marry another girl, buthe could not tell her" (Fitzgerald 7). Dexter does not tell Judy about Irene when he seesher and goes off with her even though he is engaged.The Great Gatsby: "'Tom's got some women in New York'" (Fitzgerald 19).Tom cheats on Daisy with Myrtle throughout the novel.The Great Gatsby: I lived at West Egg, the ā€” well, theless fashionable of the two, though this is a mostsuperficial tag to express the bizarre and not a littlesinister contrast between them" (2). The location ofthe novel is divided by social class and richness ofpeople on either side.Winter Dreams: ""You're not. I like you. But I've just had a terrible afternoon.There was a man I cared about, and this afternoon he told me out of a clear skythat he was poor as a church-mouse. He'd never even hinted it before"(Fitzgerald 5). Judy cares about the wealthiness of the man she his interest inand this defines her relationship with him.Benjamin Button: "He was to make a betterattempt to play with boys of his own age.He was not to wear spectacles or carry acane in the street" (Fitzgerald 12).Winter Dreams: "His heart turned over like the fly-wheel of the boat" (Fitzgerald 4).Benjamin Button: "his jealousies and anxieties melted from him like a mantle of snow"(Fitzgerald 16).Winter Dreams: "But do not get the impression, because his winter dreams happened to be concernedat first with musings on the rich, that there was anything merely snobbish in the boy" (Fitzgerald 2).Winter dreams is used as a metaphor for Dexter's ambitions throughout story.The Great Gatsby: ā€œSo we beat on, boats against the current, borne backceaselessly into the pastā€ (189).Benjamin Button: ā€œThere was only one fly in the delicious ointment-he hatedto appear in public with his wife Hildegardeā€ (Fitzgerald 22).Develops Characters by Physical DescriptionThe Great Gatsby: "He smiled understandingly - much more than understandingly. It wasone of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you come acrossfour or five times in life... and assured you that it had precisely the impression of youthat, at your best, you hoped to convey" (Fitzgerald 52-53). Gatsby's smile is said to beextremely kind, which also shows that Gatsby is friendly.Winter Dreams: "She was arrestingly beautiful. The color in her cheeks was centered like the colorin a picture... balanced only partially by the sad luxury of her eyes" (Fitzgerald 3). This descriptionshows how beautiful and perfect Judy is on the outside.Benjamin Button: "The girl was slender and frail, with hair that was ashen under the moon... glittering buttons on the hem of herbustled dress" (Fitzgerald 15). Fitzgerald also describes Hildegrade to be very beautiful, and the woman of every man's dreams.Male CharactersFitzgerald's male protagonistcharacters are usually wantmoneyBenjamin Button: "The wholesale hardware business prospered amazingly" (Fitzgerald 19). Benjamin is veryinvolved in work and is proud of his earnings.Winter Dreams: ". He wanted not association with glitteringthings and glittering people--he wanted the glittering thingsthemselves" (Fitzgerald 4). Dexter starts a laundry businessbecause as described in this quote he wants to be rich.Great Gatsby: "'I carrry a little business on th eside, a sort ofsideline, you understand'" (Fitzgerald 87). Jay Gatsby wants to live alavish life style and reveals to Nick that he partakes in illegal activityto do so.Double click this nodeto edit the textClick and drag this buttonto create a new node