The 1920's had many influenctial writers in literature. While
reaching this time period it is almost certain that the names William
Faulkner, Earnest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald will be found.
Each of the writers has their own personal style of writing and each
one of the lives has influenced what they write about to even the way
they each portray their literature.
William Cuthbert Faulkner was born into a financially stable family
from New Albany, Mississippi. Faulkner dropped out of high school to
work in his grandfathers store. While at the store Faulkner found out
he enjoyed writing. Faulkner enrolled at U of Mississsippi to persue
his his passion of writting. ("William Faulkner",Discovering
Authors)
Another author of great influence was Earnest Hemingway. Hemingway
was a genius. He had a way of making his novels talk to his readers.
Hemingway had a very well to do childhood, but as he grew older he
resented his parents. Hemingway's first writing job was for the
Toronto Daily Star. (Nelson32) At the star he did a lot of
police and hospital beat stories. These experiences carried readily
in to his novel writings. Hemingway writes in a very direct way and,
his stories are very masculine orientated. Hemingway was a very
effective writer. He gets his point across to his readers in a very
direct way. His novels included incidences from his life that he had
encountered on a daily basis. ("Earnest Hemingway", Discovering
Authors)
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an incredible writer. He often uses
incidences from his life in his writings. Fitzgerald fell in love
with Zelda Sayre and married her. They lived all over the United
States and Europe.(Eble 22)
In his writings his life with Zelda is highly portrayed. In the
writingThe Basil and Duke Lee Stories there are a lot of
similarities to his life. These stories are almost a diary of his
life in a fictional form.(Eble 22-24) The most popular of
Fitzgerald's writings is The Great Gatsby. This is because
Fitzgerald's writing style had matured so much from his earlier
works. The book offers great insight in to his adult life, showing
how truely unhappy he was. (Eble 86-88)
Each of these writers have contributed a great deal to American
literature. Faulkner, Hemingway, and Fitzgerald's lives had a great
impact on their fiction. Through their writing, readers can begin to
understand the happenings of that decade. The twenties are always
going to be remembered through their works.
Works Cited
"Ernest Hemingway" Discovering Authors, Gale Research,
Inc., 1993
"William Faulkner" Discovering Authors, Gale Research,
Inc.,1993
"F. Scott Fitzgerald" Discovering Authors, Gale Research,
inc.,1993
Eble, Kenneth F. Scott Fitzgerald. Boston: Twayne Publishers,
1977
Nelson, Gerald B. and Glory Jones. Hemingway: Life and Works. New
York: Facts and Files Publications, 1984.
Oates Stephen B. William Faulkner: The Man and The Artist. New
York: Harper and Row Publishers, 1987.