F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Recently I picked up The Beautiful and Damned and I’m really enjoying it. Its strange though, some of the best parts are when Fitzgerald puts his characters in these odd situations so that they can be mouthpieces for whatever idea he wants to expound on. I think this is usually considered a bad thing in writers (one imagines the writer briefly possessing the bewildered character like Mr. Smith in the Matrix). Still, what they say while possessed is so charmingly well put that it’s hard to object.
Anyone else reading Fitzgerald these days? What do you guys think?
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I loved The Beautiful and the Damned. Haven't read This Side of Paradise yet, though. Also picked up Tender is the Night about a year ago and haven't gotten past the first chapter. The Beautiful and the Damned was good but, yes, I agree that he tended to use other characters as his mouthpiece. I also wasn't fond of how he painted his wife in that book (it was loosely based on his relationship with Zelda). She came off and shallow and vain to me. Just my opinion.
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Hands down, Fitzgerald was definitely a gifted author.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. I could not relate to any of the characters and I didn't feel sorry for them one bit.thsavage2 wrote:I think The Great Gatsby is sort of overrated. It wasn't bad or anything, but it wasn't a very interesting read. I used it for an independent reading book in high school, and it was good for the one essay I needed to write. It's unfortunate that there isn't a really likable character, which I know isn't everything in a book, but even Nick got a bit whiny when I was really trying to root for him. There is good symbolism and characterization, just not an enjoyable read. Which may be part of the point, I suppose.
When I read a work of fiction, I want at least one or two characters that I can respect, if not like. Gatsby provided neither.