Growing up, F Scott Fitzgerald didn 't live life the way he wanted. He had many problems with school. Making money was also another problem that he faced even though he wrote many books. He was in debt to many people. He also had a problem with alcohol drinking. He put what he wanted to be in some of his characters. The one I have chosen to go into more depth about was Jay Gatsby. As Jay Gatsby was an almost perfect character in the story. In the story "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald used one of his characters, Jay Gatsby, to emulate who he wanted to be versus who he actually was during his lifetime.
In the story "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald used one of his characters, Jay Gatsby, to emulate who he wanted to be versus …show more content…
Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota and named for a distant relative of his father 's and the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner". He joined the army and was very successful in it. He joined the army in 1917 and commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. Since he didn 't finish school he went into the military and did well there. His life wasn 't that bad after he met his to be wife.He fell in love with a woman named Zelda Sayre in 1918. They eventually became married and this is the plus that Fitzgerald had over Gatsby as when Gatsby fell in love during war, they lost each other for a long while. Although, she was not a complete plus for him. She was diagnosed as schizophrenic, she spent the last 18 years of her life in a series of private sanatoriums. The cost of her medical care almost ruined her husband, who wrote story after story for magazines in order to maximize his income. Even magazine fees were at depressed levels, however, and he was forced to work so quickly that he himself later characterized much of his work during this period as "trash." Clearly, Fitzgerald life wasn’t a complete …show more content…
One way they were alike was that they both served in the military and found love. Fitzgerald was commissioned as a second lieutenant and Gatsby as a major and they both found love during the time. They were both very successful in the military rank wise and relationship wise. They were also different in a drastic way which was alcohol. Gatsby sold alcohol and never drank and was very successful while Fitzgerald drank and suffered. He might be trying to say that all the money he used on alcohol could 've helped him be more successful. Clearly they are different and alike in many
In the story "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald used one of his characters, Jay Gatsby, to emulate who he wanted to be versus …show more content…
Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota and named for a distant relative of his father 's and the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner". He joined the army and was very successful in it. He joined the army in 1917 and commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry. Since he didn 't finish school he went into the military and did well there. His life wasn 't that bad after he met his to be wife.He fell in love with a woman named Zelda Sayre in 1918. They eventually became married and this is the plus that Fitzgerald had over Gatsby as when Gatsby fell in love during war, they lost each other for a long while. Although, she was not a complete plus for him. She was diagnosed as schizophrenic, she spent the last 18 years of her life in a series of private sanatoriums. The cost of her medical care almost ruined her husband, who wrote story after story for magazines in order to maximize his income. Even magazine fees were at depressed levels, however, and he was forced to work so quickly that he himself later characterized much of his work during this period as "trash." Clearly, Fitzgerald life wasn’t a complete …show more content…
One way they were alike was that they both served in the military and found love. Fitzgerald was commissioned as a second lieutenant and Gatsby as a major and they both found love during the time. They were both very successful in the military rank wise and relationship wise. They were also different in a drastic way which was alcohol. Gatsby sold alcohol and never drank and was very successful while Fitzgerald drank and suffered. He might be trying to say that all the money he used on alcohol could 've helped him be more successful. Clearly they are different and alike in many