Fitzgerald's Writing Techniques In The Great Gatsby

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Did you know that Fitzgerald died before finishing his last novel? By the age of twenty-to, he was universally recognized as one of the greatest literary figures of the century. In 1925 he wrote, The Great Gatsby. This book was widely acclaimed one of the greatest novels of the modern era. The Great Gatsby, was about both the failure and the success of illusion in the gilded age of materialism. Fitzgerald puts a lot of his own life into his fiction. Alcoholism, mental illness, and marital issues are put into many of his novels. These contrasted his glamorous public image. What writing techniques did Fitzgerald use? He used many writing techniques to draw the reader in and to use his own unique style. These techniques were diction, similes,