Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In his life he experienced poverty‚ love‚ alcoholism‚ marriage‚ and economic loss. The story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his greatest stories revealing his life is what the 1920s give us. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul‚ Minnesota into an Irish-Catholic family. His father‚ Edward Fitzgerald‚ was the owner of a furniture business in St. Paul. He soon then lost the job and tried working as a salesman for Proctor and Gamble. This new job had the Fitzgeralds moving
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24‚ 1896 – December 21‚ 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories‚ whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age‚ a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.[1] Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise‚ The Beautiful and Damned‚ The Great Gatsby—his most famous—and Tender Is the Night. A fifth
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parallel to Fitzgerald life. For example‚ Daisy‚ the women Jay Gatsby has been basing his whole life on‚ is similar to Zelda Sayre‚ who would not marry Fitzgerald at first because of his lack of success. Gatsby and Fitzgerald both met vital women to their lives at dances‚ and both while they were stationed at camps in the army. Gatsby met Daisy at Camp Taylor in Illinois‚ where they danced and fell in love. However‚ after Gatsby went off to war‚ they never got back together again. Fitzgerald met his
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write many different forms of literature. American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is recognized for his ability to incorporate personal experiences and struggles into the influential
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The Roaring Twenties was a period of frivolous days and exciting nights. Times were prosperous and life was good for most. In The Great Gatsby‚ published in 1925‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the fictitious life of Jay Gatsby‚ a self-made millionaire (Gross 1). The setting of the novel is New York in the twenties‚ a time‚ and place‚ where people were jovial and carefree. In New York‚ more than anywhere‚ people did not worry about life’s downs‚ but focused on the highlife and partying. Prohibition
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LOVE Attitudes towards love in The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s poems are greatly at odds in general terms (Fitzgerald presents love as a destructive power born of the past‚ whereas EBB regards it as a redeeming hope for the future)‚ but within these differences parallels can be found. These include: Love is personal and creates especial bonds between two people which cannot be share or reproduced outside of that relationship. “Why – there’re things between Daisy and me that
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makes people steal and commit other disgraceful acts. Without this system‚ crime would decrease significantly. People are always associating wealth to money but it doesn’t have to be a negative term. Last year I read a book‚ The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald‚ in which Jay Gatsby becomes rich overnight. Gatsby believed that the “wealth” would help him win the love of his life‚ Daisy. However‚ once he died for Daisy‚ she didn’t even come to his funeral because she was scared of others opinions. He
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About the Life and Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald Writers on Fitzgerald He had one of the rarest qualities in all literature‚ and it’s a great shame that the word for it has been thoroughly debased by the cosmetic racketeers‚ so that one is almost ashamed to use it to describe a real distinction. Nevertheless‚ the word is charm charm as Keats would have used it. Who has it today? It’s not a matter of pretty writing or clear style. It’s a kind of subdued magic‚ controlled and exquisite‚ the sort
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s life is an example of both sides of the American Dream‚ the joys of young love‚ wealth and success‚ and the tragedies associated with success and failure. Named for another famous American‚ a distant cousin who authored the Star Spangled Banner‚ Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24‚ 1896. The son of a wicker furniture salesman (Edward Fitzgerald) and an Irish immigrant with a lot of money (Mary McQuillan)‚ Fitzgerald grew up in
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with Sensible Writing "The Sensible Thing‚" by F. Scott Fitzgerald shares numerous characteristics with his other writings. Like many writers‚ his work was heavily influenced by his life. Published criticisms note similarities between attitudes of the Roaring Twenties. In order to interpret "The Sensible Thing‚" it is necessary to examine F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and work. The materialistic‚ free-thinking ideas characterizing greatly influenced the writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Furthermore‚
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