Complete Works of Fitzgerald: Paradise on Earth
by G
About This Novel
Amory Bryan is a typical "lost generation". He is handsome in appearance, wealthy in family, full of fantasy and wants to get ahead. He is disdainful of reality with his aristocratic arrogance and is out of tune with society. While studying in college, the surrounding environment intensified his doubts about middle-class values. Just when he was confused and on the verge of degradation, the First World War broke out, and he left the campus and rushed to the military camp. During the war, his mother died and his classmates died tragically on the battlefield. After the war, he returned to New York to do business, but his investment failed and he eventually went bankrupt. At this time, the beloved girl got married, and the spiritual mentor whom I had admired for many years also died of illness. The repeated blows made him hate life to the extreme... "Heaven on Earth" focuses on expressing the strong rebellious spirit of the young generation after the First World War against traditional values and moral standards. It is very similar to Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye". It is an "educational novel" with modern significance in the history of American literature.
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