F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Love Of The Last Tycoon

“The Love of the Last Tycoon” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald should remain on the reading list for many reasons. The novel is written in two points of view, has a wide spectrum of characters, and has multiple different conflicts. The author wrote this story for an advanced reader, who is able to understand who is speaking,and keep track of the multiple events that go on simultaneously. The novel is very short, but in this case the saying “quality not quantity” comes into play. The book can also be very confusing due to the fact that the author died before he wrote the story. Following his death another author, and close friend of Fitzgerald's used his notes and wrote the story for him, leaving it a little jumbled together. However …show more content…
From beginning to end the novel seems to always be introducing a new character, at times making the story very confusing. In a lot of cases a character would be introduced once, and then barely talked about throughout the novel, almost making it feel as if the character should not have been there. For example at the beginning of the novel a man named Mr. Schwartz was introduced. He seemed to be a very interesting character but committed suicide, and was never talked about again. Schwartze represented the downfall of a hollywood producer, and faced tragedy in the novel. Another example of the characters becoming confusing, is all the people who are secondary, and just work with the producer. For example both Brady and Stahr had secretaries, and it is very easy to get them both confused if you do not pay attention. Mrs. Doolan was Stahr's secretary, and Brady’s secretaries were Birdy Peters, Maude, and Rosemary Smeil. Lastly Mrs.Doolan had an assistant of her own named Katie, who seems to be mentioned just to add more …show more content…
For example Mr. Stahr is working so hard, and stressing himself so much that he is dying. However while this conflict is ensuing he is falling in love with a woman named Kathleen whom is getting married. At the same time that this is going on Pat Brady, his arch rival, is plotting the death of Monroe, who tell Kathleen’s husband that Stahr is going out with his woman. Stahr realizing that Brady plotted his death decided to do the same, but had too good of a conscious to actually go through with it. While Stahr is facing conflict, the narrator Cecilia is dreaming that Sthar will fall in love with her. All of these conflicts can be very hard to deal with, because there are so many of them happening simultaneously. Stahr eventually ends up dying in a plane crash at the end, furthering the