Joint Factors in Fitzgerald's Fictional Works
A Comparative Study
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https://doi.org/10.24086/cuejhss.v9n1y2025.pp102-105Keywords:
American Dream, Fitzgerald’s works, Gatsby, Paradise, TenderAbstract
The fictional works of F. Scott Fitzgerald are very rich in many ways. Thematically, they expose the air of his age particularly the post-World War I lost generation by the illusion of their American Dream which they nourished on ever since their childhood years. The clash between the rich and the poor is another theme, not to mention tens of other themes, such as love and war, success and failure. All these and other themes are delivered by Fitzgerald in innovative and novel styles and techniques quite peculiar to him. The present paper highlights the major themes and joint elements in Fitzgerald’s major works, such as This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Tender is the Night Tender. There are many joint factors in Fitzgerald’s aforesaid works. The American Dream is one outstanding joint theme that marks Fitzgerald’s works. Most of the scholars and lecturers of Fitzgerald’s works refer to this topic without further explanation of the seeds of this ideal dream. The present paper sheds a glimpse of light on this issue. The protagonists’ journeys and final destinations to fulfill their dreams and aims constitute another theme; the class distinction and ruthlessness of the upper middle class against the young generation; the origins and scientific, philosophical and medical, geographical, and historical elements; all constitute minor themes and topics need tracing and further researches of Fitzgerald’s works. This paper is a comparative study of all the major and minor themes and topics mentioned above.
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