The Lost Generation in The Swimmer, by John Cheever and Winter Dreams, by F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Cheever's "Swimmer" and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Winter Dream" have many things in common. These stories are about two wealthy people interacting with other wealthy people. As the story advances, Nedy and Dexter look for the meaning of truth and life. These two literary works belong to a literary movement called "lost generation". Finally, at the end of the story, they all mourn for themselves and realize that they missed the meaning and opportunity of life. The authors use symbols, images and other literary installations to explain their anecdotes.

Both John Cheever and F. Scott Fitzgerald are writers of the 20th century, whose theme reflects despair and emptiness of life. In the story of "swimmers" and "revisited Babylon", the main characters will encounter similar problems, but each story has a different presentation. The theme of these two stories is related to the ultimate collapse of people. "Swimming player" tells the story of the person heading for reality. He did not know anything about his situation initially, but as time went on he began to notice that he lost everything. In "Revisiting Babylon", the key person is "recovery drunk" who went back to his hometown, hoping to regain his daughter. However, questions from ... show more content

John Cheever praised the skill as a writer of F Scott Fitzgerald, as he failed as a man (both alcoholic) and after dreams of Gatsby there will certainly be "dust" . It turned out to block the filtration system of the Lucinda River. I do not want to give up the end of a new reader, but I knew how roses are grotesque, so it is difficult to read The Swimmer without remembering Gatsby who was obliged to see the strange sky through frightened leaves. I fear most of the confiscated lawn to light the sun. "

Bryant Mangum is an English professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. F. Scott Fitzgerald and F. It is the editor of the earliest story of the modern library including "Winter Dreams" and "Ice Palace" by Scott Fitzgerald. He is the author's "Fortune": F. Scott Fitzgerald's money in short story art. His paper is published in the American literature research resource, F. Scott Fitzgerald commented on, Fitzgerald / Hemingway Yearbook, Cambridge Companion F. Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald ignores not only other books and magazines, but also new articles.