Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald is widely regarded as one of the greatest American novelists of the twentieth century, with works under his name such as The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. His debut novel, This Side of Paradise, demonstrated the most significant recurring theme throughout his works—Modernism. Following the lead of other poets and artists in the aftermath of World War One, Fitzgerald experimented with a new type of literature that rejected the sentimentality of nineteenth-century works…

Seinfeld, like any great source of entertainment, requires from its audience a suspension of disbelief. While the show isn’t rife with fantastical creatures and diabolic terrorist plots, it is unquestionably ridiculous, thus prompting the audience to just imagine a world where the most deplorable social crimes go unpunished. Yet as over the top as Seinfeld may seem, you slowly begin to realize that it’s not all too far fetched. The genius in Seinfeld lies in its ability to sneak up on you.…

The neighborhood gossips about Joanna – about her not being married and having a child. A group of women begin to taunt her, and throw stones. One hits the baby, and she starts bleeding. Francie, feeling compassion, gives up her only magazine and leaves it in the carriage as a present for Joanna. Joanna’s situation confuses Francie. Joanna always is kind to Francie, but Francie feels that she shouldn’t even return a smile to her. She learns the hidden double standards there is with the women,…

is that they receive the inheritance too late. To remove themselves from the presence of the death, the Fitzgerald’s moved in 1924 to the Riviera where they joined a group a rich Americans that were dominated by Gerald and Sara Murphy. In “Tender is the Night” he described the group and he modeled the hero in the book after Gerald Murphy. Even though Fitzgerald was writing so much he was still being judged by the literary community because of his on going alcoholism. The Fitzgeralds moved to…

the dessert. There is an interesting role reversal near the middle end of the play where Lee tries to take on the job of a screen writer and Austin takes up the life of a thief for the night. This enforces the idea that the brother are not happy with the lives that they have and…

Some of us have repeatedly taken for granted what our culture has to offer. Certain individuals spend too much time pretending to be something they are not and too often forget to embrace the fact they are special in their own way. Others constantly judge people because of where they come from. Many think they are better than others and discriminate upon them heavily. Society has played a huge impact on the acceptance of cultural diversity over time and influenced negative beliefs to many in…

but in the 20’s it was not well received “Fitzgerald knew that Gatsby was good, but reviews were lukewarm and sales were extremely disappointing” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” 3) many of his works had similar fates. While he was a live a novel, Tender Is the Night, in 1934 was a “critical and financial failure” but in today’s times it is regarded as an “American…

F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most renowned American authors in the 1920s. He has written many novels including, The Great Gatsby and The Side of Paradise. He knew from a young age that he wanted to be a writer. Through all the trials he faced in his short life, he still managed to make time to write. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s writings was influenced by all of the alcohol he consumed, his loving, yet insane wife Zelda, and the years he spent at Princeton. Alcohol was seen throughout his…

Just like in middle school and you are in a nutrition class. You don’t care about this and you just want some candy. If you get it when you are more mature I think it would be more useful, because now you can actually think about what your body likes, needs and everything. I think getting a class or something information later in your education, it would be great. Hannah: I guess, just taking a step back though, what would you want that education or training to look like, if it was something?…

parties for her, buy her a flower and most importantly, he moved just to be in the same town.Gatsby seems to believe the only thing separating the two lovers is a vast lake between them. At Night Gatsby would sit and stare at the green light and just think about her. . “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her.” (83) The importance of this…