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Scott Fitzgerald's Style

October 29, 2012
By Rachel_B GOLD, Malverne, New York
Rachel_B GOLD, Malverne, New York
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Favorite Quote:
"My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, it gives a lovely light."
~Edna St. Vincent Millay


1)

If memories could be captured within her eyes, then there was something profound about her, some burning that engulfed her whole being in flames of desire as if she were doomed to remain parched beside a sea of regret.

2)

If popularity could be grasped within her fist, then there was something malicious about her, some unreal sense of power that coats her soul in the bitterness of conceit as if she were striving to surpass the sun by setting her ego aflame.

3)

If sincerity were enough to win her heart, then there was something admirable about him, some pure voice speaking words of innocence as if he were living in an era where tea was served at noon.


The author's comments:
Upon reading "The Great Gatsby" by Scott Fitzgerald, my english class began examining the style in which he writes.

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Rachel_B GOLD said...
on Nov. 26 2012 at 11:16 pm
Rachel_B GOLD, Malverne, New York
12 articles 2 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
"My candle burns at both ends, it will not last the night. But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends, it gives a lovely light."
~Edna St. Vincent Millay

Thanks so much! :)

on Nov. 12 2012 at 2:12 pm
KristinC PLATINUM, Cupertino, California
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Favorite Quote:
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
-F.Scott Fitzgerald, the Great Gatsby

"To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald

I love it!  Fitzgerald is my favorite writer, you truly captured the essence of his writing.