F Scott Fitzgerald's Treatment Of Women In The Great Gatsby

During the roaring twenties, the time of lavish lifestyles and partying till the crack of dawn, F. Scott Fitzgerald began his road to fame. Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton University to join the United States Army. He worried he would never be published, so he quickly crafted his first novel titled The Romantic Egotist. The novel was unsuccessful, but the editing company told him to keep writing. In hopes of being published one day, Fitzgerald continued his writing. The novel The Great Gatsby was published in 1925. Fitzgerald portrays similar characteristics of his own life and how he tried to live up to the social standards of the time through the character Mr. Gatsby in the novel The Great Gatsby. Similarities between Fitzgerald and Gatsby can be seen by their passion for the women they loved, which was prominent throughout the novel. For example, both men cared a great deal for a special woman in their lives. During Fitzgerald’s time of service in World War I, he fell in love with a woman by the name of Zelda. In order to get a steady job and to convince Zelda to marry him, he moved to New York to launch a career in advertising.(Biography.com) He hoped having a steady job would convince her he was the right man to marry. A salary of a person in advertising was not enough to satisfy Zelda. Fitzgerald continued to write novels in hopes of making a fortune one day and live his dream. After a successful novel was published, he was able to convince Zelda to marry him and provide the lavish lifestyle she always dreamed of. Much like …show more content…
Gatsby. The roaring twenties were all about the luxurious and grand lifestyles, mainly focusing on the importance of material possessions and high social reputations. Both men wished to impress the woman in their lives by achieving a high social status. To both men, it was all about the giving illusion of living the “good