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To: miss marmelstein

I have to say, though, I have problems with Fitzgerald, who I believe was the consummate puke-rich-boy-leftist-looking-down-his-nose-at-the-middle-class-little-people.

Of course, Hemingway was into “socialist realism”. See the end of For Whom The Bell Tolls.


15 posted on 07/03/2011 5:21:07 PM PDT by samtheman
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To: samtheman

Fitzgerald was almost completely apolitical. I don’t know where you get the left wing stuff. Really silly. He was attacked in Hollywood in the 1930s because of his lack of political interest.

He was hardly rich as a youth. That is the whole point of his writings and life: he admired, hated and longed to be a part of the wealthy elite. He always felt he was outside looking in. He became quite wealthy through incredibly hard work but blew it all on booze, high living and institutions for his invalid wife.

Hemingway was far more political, far more left-wing than FSF ever was.


19 posted on 07/03/2011 6:50:49 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (FR haters of Sarah Palin are wearing me out)
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To: samtheman

Maybe you should actually try reading something he wrote. You’re probably basing your opinions about him by movies made from his books in the 70s. Don’t trust that.


21 posted on 07/05/2011 9:17:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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