F. Scott Fitzgerald possesses many significant aspects to his writing that should not be overlooked while attempting to imitate his style. The short story entitled "May Day," which takes place after World War I, exemplifies Fitzgerald's mastery of distinct characterization. "May Day" expresses Fitzgerald's passion to make his novels and stories as realistic as possible. By going into the most minute detail possible, whether in a passage or dialogue amongst a few characters, he allows the reader to become an equal part of the story. Fitzgerald's use of dialogue, details, and variations in his sentence structure help the reader to become integrated into the story

Upon reading his short stories, the ability of Fitzgerald to surpass the border between story and real life by bringing so much detail in the already brilliant ideas becomes extremely evident. By detailing all of his characters' physical traits as well as actions, the reader can better understand the sequence of the story and as well as the time period in which it occurs. Instead of straight passages, Fitzgerald likes to include a lot of dialogue, not only to keep the reader's attention, but also to elaborate on what was

In many of his stories, he uses a particular simile that to accentuate the personality and physique of a certain character. An example of this is in the middle of "The Ice Palace" when a character, Sally Carrol, refers to people as being either canine or feline to describe how gentle or abrupt and masculine or feminine they might be. Another example of this is seen in "May Day" when the narrator repeatedly makes references to Dean, a main character's teeth. Whether it is how much of them are visible when he speaks or the conditions they are in, Fitzgerald does this to insinuate that the wealthier people at home during war have the money to take care of their teeth as opposed to the soldiers and less wealthy people who can't afford to keep good hygiene. Fitzgerald tries to devote enough time within the story to being very descriptive about the characters so that the reader can envision what they look like. He does this in the evocative dialogue when he writes, "...Damn good looking...as if you'd touch her she'd smear"(Fitzgerald 27). Edith Barlin, the character described, is made out to be the most beautiful girl; one that could potentially be cut out of a mold she was so perfect. Sometimes the vivid descriptions are necessary to get the point across to the reader as well as to help bring realism to the events.

Fitzgerald also likes to vary his sentence structure in order to keep an off pace style. It makes the story that much more illustrative rather than straight full sen

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