Zelda Fitzgerald

The Great F. Scott Fitzgerald: Narrated by F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald lived a very unique life, from growing up in the midwest to becoming a successful writer, his journey could only belong to him. Fitzgerald’s life is emulated in the book The Great Gatsby by both Gatsby and Nick, but if this is true why would Fitzgerald have Gatsby die? Fitzgerald crafts The Great Gatsby such that Nick and Jay Gatsby represent two possible paths of his life, as evident through experiences,…

F. Scott Fitzgerald. He chronicled life in the Jazz Age in his novels while trying to establish himself in it. F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the themes of the Roaring Twenties in his novels through his unique style. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota to Mary McQuillan and Edward Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald’s family lived in New York for the first decade of his life, but moved back to St. Paul when Fitzgerald’s father lost his job. Fitzgerald displayed…

The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby is a book written in 1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was based on New York City and long island in the 1920s. The background of the novel is set in the upper class of the American society. Fitzgerald uses his novel to tell his experience of the “roaring twenties” and the corruption of the American dream The story tells a man named Jay Gatsby, tries his best to win the love of Daisy, whom is the wife of Tom Buchanan. Jay Gatsby was originally a poor boy named…

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Impossible American Dream Although the author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote elegant stories and novels, he had a much more dauntless side: “F. Scott FItzgerald and his wife drank, went to parties, and made the gossip columns by jumping into fountains and stripping clothes in a movie theater” (Oxford 47). How could one daring human being mold into an amazing writer despite this adventurous past? Many critics have controversial opinions to answer this question about the…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most well known books in American history. It is a story of the struggles of high society in the 1920s, forbidden love, and how selfishness can ruin lives. However, many people do not realize that this novel parallels Fitzgerald’s own life in many ways. One can see this comparison through the characters, the setting, and the society depicted in the novel. Fitzgerald pulled many experiences from his own life in many ways to create this great…

Scott Fitzgerald was a revolutionary modernist author, who through his novel The Great Gatsby, critiqued the changing atmosphere of the 1920’s and displayed his idea of how the American Dream has become corrupted. Fitzgerald had lived in a very similar lifestyle of the characters in his book, making him the perfect chronicler of the times. Even so, Fitzgerald saw how the American Dream had changed with The Great War from the idea of…

In the American novel The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it is shown that in the 1920s the values of the American Dream has completely changed. The American Dream is defined as being a national aspiration that every citizen has the freedom and equal opportunity to achieve prosperity, wealth, and happiness (Emin Tunc). Jay Gatsby, the protagonist, has entirely modified the standards of what it is like to live the American Dream and how to live it. Instead of working exceedingly…

grew to new heights, as sin, also, grew to an unforeseen everyday norm, especially for the wealthy. Author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, fictionalizes these record-setting norms for sin, most notably for the wealthy, in his popular novel, The Great Gatsby. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born to the parents of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s mother was a daughter of wholesale grocers from an Irish-Catholic family in…

Aneka Happer F. Scott. Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby: The “American Dream” The Roaring Twenties were a time of change in America. From technological advances, to changes in fashion, to the behavior of youth, the 1920s resulted in a shift in American Identity, and consequently, a shift in the “American Dream.” Gray Matter from The New York Times describes the “American Dream” as, “the idea that any American, with enough resolve and determination, can climb up the economic ladder, regardless of where…

In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway joins Jay Gatsby through a trail of lies, love, and deception. Jay Gatsby lives directly across the bay from Daisy Buchanan, with the green light at the end of her dock forever a reminder of their past love. In the book, it appears as though Fitzgerald portrays Jay and Daisy’s relationship to be like his and Zelda’s relationship. Fitzgerald also shows the progression through the 1920s of wealth in the different social classes and how they…