Scott Fitzgerald. In the 1920s American writers F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway were living in Paris amongst a group of like-minded artists known as ‘The Lost Generation.” The young men were friends, sharing a love of literature and drink, though from the outside they appeared very different.
Q. What happened between Fitzgerald Zelda and Hemingway?
Fitzgerald didn’t use his writing to mask his sexual insecurities to the extent that Hemingway did, but he perceived his lack of control—in his marriage with Zelda, his writing, and his “emotional bankruptcy,” which he wrote about extensively in The Crack-Up—as not just feminine but homosexual.
Q. Why was Hemingway jealous of Fitzgerald?
Hemingway, though impressed with Fitzgerald’s writing, never seemed to respect the writer himself. He was wary of Fitzgerald’s need for validation, his tumultuous relationship with Zelda, and his self-destructive drinking habits.
Q. How would you characterize the styles of Fitzgerald and Hemingway?
Hemingway and Fitzgerald wrote about life experiences and time changing works. Fitzgerald wrote more emotionally while Hemingway wrote more of action. In both, women are portrayed in a negative light. Although they both write negatively about women, the style in which they do so is different.
Q. Who is better Fitzgerald or Hemingway?
Hemingway attempted more, risked more, and succeeded more than Fitz. Life would not be the same without The Great Gatsby and the figure of Hemingway as craftsman. Hemingway thought Fitzgerald was the finer writer of the two.
Q. Is Fitzgerald better than Hemingway?
I choose Fitzgerald. I enjoyed the two novels very much and found the story involving and flowing better than Hemingway’s novels. Hemingway’s novels on my part are very slow with a few themes in it. Fitzgerald’s novels are rich in themes and fast moving which I like very much.
Q. Why is Hemingway considered so good?
I think the reason Hemingway is considered to be one of the best writers of the 20th century is because he revolutionized brevity in the english language. His style of writing, with short, concise sentences help not only to get the story across easier, but show that more doesn’t always mean better.
Q. What problem did Zelda battle for the rest of her life?
Zelda was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia, and would reside in and out of hospitals for the rest of her life.
Q. Did F Scott Fitzgerald kill himself?
Dece
Q. How did F Scott Fitzgerald impact the world?
Best known for The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934)—two keystones of modernist fiction—Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the poet laureate of the “Jazz Age,” a term he popularized to convey the post-World War I era’s newfound prosperity, consumerism, and shifting sexual mores.
