What was one of the major characteristics of f. scott fitzgerald’s works

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist and writer, widely known as one of the best American authors of the twentieth century, whose works are paradigmatic of the jazz era. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the Lost Generation of the 1920s. He wrote five novels: The great Gatsby, Soft is the night, This side of paradise, Beautiful and cursed and The Last Tycoon that although unfinished, was published after his death. He also wrote multiple short stories, many of which deal with youth and promises, age and despair.