s opposed to Hemingway's less is more principle with his multiple short and simple sentences. Another distinction between the two styles is that Fitzgerald narrated much of what the characters think and feel whereas Hemingway, for the most part with the exception of "Soldier's Home," let action and dialogue reveal the story's message. "Winter Dreams" offers a complete narrative of the central characters' thoughts from the beginning when Dexter's winter fantasies are related to the reader to the end when his image of Judy is shattered and lost youthful passion for life is realized. "Even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished" (1519). The exact same is true about "Babylon Revisited" as in the final paragraph provides a clear view into Charlie's mind. "He would come back some day; they couldn't make him pay forever. But he wanted his child, and nothing was much good now, beside that fact. He wasn't young any more, with a lot of nice thoughts and dreams to have by himself. He was absolutely sure Helen wouldn't have wanted him to be so alone" (Norton Anthology 1511). Now to look at Hemingway, "The End of Something" reveals the characters through dialogue and it is via this medium that the reader learns most of what the story is about. " 'I feel as though everything was gone to hell inside of me. I don't know, Marge. I don't know what to say.' 'Isn't love any fun?' Marjorie said" (34). "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" lets the reader get to know the three main character's through the dialogue between the two waiters before shifting completely to the perspective of the old waiter wherein the concepts discussed between the two are clarified. It is through their conversing that one learns of the customer's suicide attempt along with an understanding of why he wanted to die. This understanding is made possible through the olde...
