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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Originally, my conception of a mystery was based on the detective novels I had read over my childhood, which its main ingredients were: a gripping narrative, some intriguing characters, along with dramatic nuances that keep everyone guessing until the end. However, F Scott Fitzgerald's "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" alters my perspective, this literature is deeply refreshing, as it broke the mould of traditional lines. Apart from the author held an unexplained suspense in his tale, and there was a theme of secrecy which run through the plots, another thing that stuck out was: It has elements of comedy and tragedy.

Besides, it follows the fortune of an extraordinary person who is shown various stages of his life. Benjamin Button is the …show more content…

Most importantly, I can develop my deductive reasoning skill while the knife-edge denouement was revealed.

Further, I have been in two minds when reading those imaginary events. Maybe it was the uniqueness of plots and Benjamin's reverse growth that make me attempt to change the genre of this mystery. Although the author explicitly wrote with a vivid humor about the principal character, but I want to add some new material in my version of story, such as supernatural forces, extraterrestrial intelligence, and specific impact of technology on the transformation of Benjamin Button. Hopefully, it could well turn into a magical mix of sci-fi and farce.

For many, the genre of a fiction appears to be uniform, is actually fixed by the plots, without this essential ingredient, audience won't find pleasures in reading. To an extent, it is what F Scott Fitzgerald depicted the interior life of human beings, and particularly their stains. In my opinion, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is more direct, and has a numinous power that challenges me to reflect on my own

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