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...er he had acquired the popular reputation of having created the "flapper," particularly in his stories, but this image is misleading. Fitzgerald's female characters are not trivial, immature, dumb beauties; instead, they are independent, courageous, and determined. submitted by Tracy Simmons Bitonti "In the spring of '27, something bright and alien flashed across the sky. A young Minnesotan who seemed to have nothing to do with his generation did a heroic thing, and for a moment people set down their glasses in country clubs and speakeasies and thought their old best dreams." - "Echoes of the Jazz Age," The Crack-Up, 1945. F. Scott Fitzgerald on Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Part of what F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for is his love of America. This quotation reflects that love and his strong sense of national pride. submitted by Catherine Lewis "What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story." - from the Love of the Last...