Interview In The Great Gatsby

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Interviewer: Welcome F. Scott Fitzgerald to the interview!

Fitzgerald: Thanks for having me here.

Interviewer: It's no problem. Anything for the most prominent writer.

Fitzgerald: Please my work isn't that good.

Interviewer: No, I mean it. My favorite novel from you is "This Side of Paradise" and the story about an ambitious Midesten who falls in love with two girls from high class families, but then gets rejected by both of them in the end.

Fitzgerald: You really like my work?

Interviewer: Of course! I mean your novel received amazing reviews and even turned you into the country's most promising writer.

Fitzgerald: Aww it was nothing really. I mean it was difficult at the time writing it, but in the end it was worth it.

Interviewer: I heard that you were able
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That's the Jazz Age and how did you deal with life during that time period?

Fitzgerald: From what I remembered it was the age of miracles. It was so full of art and passion. This actually sparked some creativity in me.

Interviewer: Really? How did the Jazz Age influence your life in any way.

Fitzgerald: Well, after I moved to France, I wrote a book called "The Great Gatsby." As you know it was a book about a man named Nick Carraway who moves into the town of West Egg on Long Island. Nick lived next to a wealthy man named Jay Gatsby and they soon become friends in pursuit to get Gatsby to marry Daisy.

Interviewer: Yes, I heard of this book quite well actually.

Fitzgerald: So, the Jazz Age really inspired me to create this story of a rich and prosperous man in this time. The story has hints of love, materialism, and the sense of finding the American Dream.

Interviewer: Nice to hear that time period really helped you in your writing. Well, it looks as though time has run out, It was great hearing all your amazing stories and history on how you came to be!

Fitzgerald: It was no problem, The pleasure was all mine. Well, I have to get

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