Similarities Between Gatsby And Zelda
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Fitzgerald 180). The novel: The Great Gatsby reflects F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life by the background information of Nick and the love life of Gatsby. Fitzgerald saw himself as being a man like Nick, but in real life he showed similar pasts of Gatsby.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one’, he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Fitzgerald 1). Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, differs from the other characters in the book. “ I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (Fitzgerald 59). Nick is real, nonjudgemental, and innocent. Fitzgerald can easily relate to people …show more content…
Nick, on the other hand, has only been drunk twice: once with Tom and the other time at his first party at Gatsby’s mansion. This shows that Fitzgerald did not want to see his story through the dark cloud of alcoholism, he wanted people to view it clear and comprehensible.
Is this novel about Gatsby and Daisy, or perhaps Fitzgerald and Zelda? The scenarios from both situations were almost identical except for a few different facts. While stationed in Alabama, Fitzgerald met a girl named Zelda Sayre. Zelda was looking for a man who could support with a substantial amount of money, which unfortunately meant she would not marry Fitzgerald. After Zelda broke the engagement, Fitzgerald’s rewrote his novel for the third time before it was finally accepted. A week after publication Zelda married the newly rich and famous author. …show more content…
They both were poor and had to become rich to get the girl of their dreams. Fitzgerald succeeded, unfortunately, Gatsby did not. Fitzgerald showed in the book that sometimes the perfect ending you want does not always happen. Gatsby did not get Daisy in the end and ended up being murdered instead, at least he did not have to live through the suffering like Fitzgerald did. After Fitzgerald’s career blossomed, he traveled around the world, taking a toll on their marriage. With Fitzgerald turning into an alcoholic and Zelda suffering from a mental illness, they definitely did not get the ending that they
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one’, he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.” (Fitzgerald 1). Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, differs from the other characters in the book. “ I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” (Fitzgerald 59). Nick is real, nonjudgemental, and innocent. Fitzgerald can easily relate to people …show more content…
Nick, on the other hand, has only been drunk twice: once with Tom and the other time at his first party at Gatsby’s mansion. This shows that Fitzgerald did not want to see his story through the dark cloud of alcoholism, he wanted people to view it clear and comprehensible.
Is this novel about Gatsby and Daisy, or perhaps Fitzgerald and Zelda? The scenarios from both situations were almost identical except for a few different facts. While stationed in Alabama, Fitzgerald met a girl named Zelda Sayre. Zelda was looking for a man who could support with a substantial amount of money, which unfortunately meant she would not marry Fitzgerald. After Zelda broke the engagement, Fitzgerald’s rewrote his novel for the third time before it was finally accepted. A week after publication Zelda married the newly rich and famous author. …show more content…
They both were poor and had to become rich to get the girl of their dreams. Fitzgerald succeeded, unfortunately, Gatsby did not. Fitzgerald showed in the book that sometimes the perfect ending you want does not always happen. Gatsby did not get Daisy in the end and ended up being murdered instead, at least he did not have to live through the suffering like Fitzgerald did. After Fitzgerald’s career blossomed, he traveled around the world, taking a toll on their marriage. With Fitzgerald turning into an alcoholic and Zelda suffering from a mental illness, they definitely did not get the ending that they