Like Fitzgerald, Hemingway would become well known after death and make contributions to American literature like they both hoped (F. ... He was later drafted in the war and became a war hero. ... After recovery, he moved and was hired for the Toronto Star. ... Throughout the next twenty years he traveled and learned of new cultures, hunted, and even helped during World War I. ... Hemingway's work was something entirely new. ...

• Word Count: 1371
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The 1920's is referred to as the biggest, the loudest and the brightest; it began with one calamity, World War I, and ended with another calamity, World War II (Rayburn). ... The Charleston was one of these new appalling dances. ... "The new focus on body image and sexual appeal intensified concerns about hygiene. ... After high school, rather than attending college, Hemingway went to work as a journalist for the Kansas City Star Newspaper. ... Daisy knows of Tom's affair and hints to it when she speaks of her daughter, "I hope she'll be a fool "that's the best thi...

• Word Count: 1759
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Son of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillian, he was named after his second cousin three times removed, Francis Scott Key, the author of The Star Spangle Banner ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 1). ... After graduating from the Newman School, Fitzgerald entered New Jersey's prestigious Princeton University. ... In the winter of 1924-1925 hoping to leave the memories of the affair behind, the Fitzgerald's moved to Rome where The Great Gatsby was revised ("A brief life of Fitzgerald- 2). ... Both also have done time in the service during World War I and moved to New York City after bei...

• Word Count: 1690
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The wealthy lifestyles of the Buchanans and Miss Jordan have morally corrupted their lives. Money has created boredom for them. Their ways of perceiving life and their altitudes towards other is vain. But each of them shows off their vanity in different ways. Tom Buchanan, for example, believes that white civilization is going to pieces and will be utterly submerged by the other races. ...

• Word Count: 6164
• Approx Pages: 25
• Grade Level: High School