Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 So, I have this assignment for school (english class) and I have to analyze a literacy period/movement. The one I've chosen is known as "The Lost Generation" and spans from World War I to the Great Depression. I have to choose an author to analze within this movement and so I've narrowed down my options to: F. Scott Fitzgerald Or Ernest Hemingway Can anyone reccomend one of their pieces of work . If I get stuck I can switch to analzing the harlem Renissance period, but unfortunatly I can't find anything that intrests me withing that period. (I also posted this question in guitar jam, but I spend more time here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members littlemilo Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hemingway's "Old man and the Sea" is a fairly quick read and a good book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 will look into it! edit: anyone else?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Runn3r Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald...apply to current context...add water....drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald ...apply to current context...add water....drink That's the only piece of work I can't read by either author, We are covering it later in the course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NotDead Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Charlie christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald ...apply to current context...add water....drink Not a great book. Hemingway wrote all kinds of great stuff. If OMatS doesn't do it for you, look into his short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Runn3r Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 hemingway is good...but f scott fitzgerald fits the timesp.s. ya can always watch the movie ...technically u havnt read the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudder1310 Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hemingway by a long margin. The Sun Also RisesA Farewell to ArmsFor Whom the Bell TollsA Moveable Feast (memoir) All great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walfordr Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Wilfred Owen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EllenGtrGrl Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 So, I have this assignment for school (english class) and I have to analyze a literacy period/movement. The one I've chosen is known as "The Lost Generation" and spans from World War I to the Great Depression. I have to choose an author to analze within this movement and so I've narrowed down my options to: F. Scott Fitzgerald Or Ernest Hemingway Can anyone reccomend one of their pieces of work . If I get stuck I can switch to analzing the harlem Renissance period, but unfortunatly I can't find anything that intrests me withing that period. (I also posted this question in guitar jam, but I spend more time here) OK, The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway (who was not only a contemporary, but a friend of F. Scott Fitzgerald's) is another book often cited as representing the "Lost Generation." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Now I can't decide what to read... I want something that is exciting and will keep me intereted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Charlie christian. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Now I can't decide what to read... I want something that is exciting and will keep me intereted. The Old Man and the Sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Beatles27 Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hemingway's "Old man and the Sea" is a fairly quick read and a good book.:bor::bor::bor:single worst book ever, hop on pop has more literary value than old man how bout of mice and men? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr Songwriter Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Amazon has got that 'Search inside' feature on a lot of their books now, so you should be to read a few pages of the excerpt and make up your mind from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 There's that Mike Binder movie where he talks his wife (Hemingway) into a threesome with another girl, but then the girls like it so much that Mike can't keep up and gets jealous.Funny stuff. Wait. Mariel Hemingway. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 I think Ill narrow it down too... Fitzgerald: -This side of paradise -Tender is the night Hemingway: - The Sun also rises - a farewell to arms - In Our Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 There's that Mike Binder movie where he talks his wife (Hemingway) into a threesome with another girl, but then the girls like it so much that Mike can't keep up and gets jealous.Funny stuff.Wait. Mariel Hemingway. Right? fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members littlemilo Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 :bor: :bor: :bor: single worst book ever, hop on pop has more literary value than old man how bout of mice and men? I like Steinbeck, but he was not known as a lost generation writer. Old Man is perfect for college papers because of the short length. I think I may have done one on it way back when. And I'm not the only one who enjoyed it. The Old Man and the Sea led to numerous accolades for Hemingway, including the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He also earned the Award of Merit Medal for the Novel from the American Academy of Letters that same year. Most prestigiously, the Nobel Prize in Literature came in 1954, "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."[2] Besides, I like fishing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 I have to make sure that the writing fits in with the style... I will probably choose either "In our time" or "The Old Man and the Sea" due to the fact that they are shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcindc Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Hemingway had a fascinating life. Research the author, not their work so much, instant A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Electric Blues Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 :bor: :bor: :bor: single worst book ever, hop on pop has more literary value than old man Dang! First time I've seen you fail 100% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Beatles27 Posted October 29, 2008 Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 Dang! First time I've seen you fail 100% i'm sorry my opinions differ from yours hemingway= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cg_25 Posted October 29, 2008 Author Members Share Posted October 29, 2008 I figure Im going to read fitcgeralds work later, so ill read hemmingway now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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