Toni Morrison vs. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Toni Morrison
1931 – 2019
Toni Morrison was an American novelist, editor, and professor celebrated for her richly textured narratives about the African American experience; she received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993 and the Pulitzer Prize for Beloved. Morrison's major works include The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Beloved.
"Don't ever think I fell for you, or fell over you. I didn't fall in love, I rose in it."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1896 – 1940
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American novelist and short-story writer associated with the Jazz Age, best known for his novel The Great Gatsby, which critiques the American Dream. His work captured the excesses and disillusionment of 1920s America.
"I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild sus…"
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