The Great Gatsby - Fitzgerald - An analysis of characters, as well as themes, tones, motifs, etc.

Author- Born in St. Paul Minnesota, Fitzgerald was born to a wealthy family that both admired and revered their successful ancestry. A failure at Princeton, he would go on to write numerous novels and short stores that both illustrated and reflected the people of his era; the Jazz age. In spite of his accomplishments, he would die of a heart attack mid-way through his last novel The Love of the Last Tycoon thinking of himself …

…faithful till the end." (104) "She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand." (114) "Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom." (140) "The mouth was wide open...giving the tremendous vitality she had stored so long." (145) "You may fool me but you can't fool God!" (167) "-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...and one fine morning---So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (189)