led in his books (Prigozy, 3).Of the many new writers that sprang into notice with the advent of the post-war period, Fitzgerald remained the steadiest performer and the most entertaining (Clark, 25). He is in a line with some of the greatest masters of prose (Bewely, 125). He writes well, and always has, because he writes naturally, and his sense of form has been perfected (Clark, 25). Fitzgerald's novels revolve around his and his wifes relationship, and these stories appeared in many magazines (Prigozy, 1). Fitzgeralds whole life was bound up with his short stories. He wrote of what he knew and loved, which was the jazz age, with much observation and humor. (Bewely, 137). His stories are recognizable by their romantic rhetoric, characters, settings, and social concerns. He experimented with many different plots, settings, and characters, and he usually writes mainly of flappers, philosophers, and family (Prigozy, 9). The stories are marked by new techniques, while still using techniques of standard fiction (Prigozy, 9-10). His stories rarely turn on one action; there are usually several actions of equal weight, as shown in many of his novels, including the most popular, The Great Gatsby (Prigozy, 10). This is what has classified Fitzgerald as a classic novelist. Fitzgeralds stories have gotten more and more popular since the fifties and he is now ranked among the greatest authors today; however, Fitzgerald also has weaknesses (Prigozy, 9). Fitzgerald often will start a book in a very exciting manner, but then by the end it blankets out and becomes less interesting (Prigozy, 10). Fitzgerald is most successful when his central character is both a participant and an observer of the action and is weakest when the protagonist is simply a member of the upper class or an outsider (Prigozy, 10). In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby is shown as a participant, not just a rich man. Nick Carraway also is a participant, yet he is not ver...
