Animal Motif in F. S. Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby."

The Puppy <Tab/>A distant relative of the writer of "The Star Spangled Banner," Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was raised by his father following the death of his mother; the two lived off her small inheritance. Fitzgerald wrote a series of novels taking place in the "roaring twenties." In 1925 Fitzgerald created the arguably biographical, The Great Gatsby. In the novel Fitzgerald uses animals, mainly a puppy, to characterize, and to drive …

…ran his wife over; Gatsby's house. Wilson murders Gatsby and then commits suicide. This little puppy is one of the main vehicles that leads to Gatsby's death. <Tab/>Fitzgerald used fantastic writing craft in his novels. He himself had a dog; this fact just adding to the mirror of his non fiction life. Fitzgerald uses the Airedale as a way to characterize his many intricate characters, and to drive the plot.