Zelda Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald changed America through his novel The Great Gatsby. “Fitzgerald is regarded as one of the most capable, engaging and insightful writers of the 20th century. He is one of the truly great American storytellers, an inspiration for writers and seen as one of truly great troubled geniuses. In addition, The Great Gatsby is marked as one of the great American novels, if not the Great American Novel. (An American Icon 6).” F. Scott Fitzgerald used the world around him,…

Born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota, F. Scott Fitzgerald (Jazz Age short-story writer and novelist) is well known for his turbulent personal life as well for his novel's success in which allowed him to become prominent. Born into a humble family, he was the only son of a noble named Edward Fitzgerald and a provincial, working-class mother, Mollie McQuillan (The daughter of an Irish immigrant who made a fortune in the wholesale grocery business in the years following the Civil War)…

themselves. Frances Scott Fitzgerald uses his personal experiences in The Great Gatsby to make his novel seem realistic during the roaring twenties. Frances Scott Fitzgerald uses autobiographical elements in The Great Gatsby by using his life before the creation of the book, his social lifestyle, and his love experiences to influence the novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life prior to the creation of The Great Gatsby parallels with many things in the novel. Fitzgerald uses…

world of extravagant parties and enormous wealth that Fitzgerald conceived when writing The Great Gatsby, was ultimately a world not too distant from his own. The background of Fitzgerald’s reserved narrator, Nick Carraway, appears to directly mirror Fitzgerald’s own upbringing. Carraway and Fitzgerald were both Ivy League-educated men from the Midwest, who ventured east after World War I to seek opportunities in their respective careers. Fitzgerald effectively utilises Nick’s objective…

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was a famous American novelist and short story writer. Named after his famous relative Francis Scott Key who was famous for writing the "Star Spangled-Banner", F. Scott Fitzgerald was considered to be one of the greatest writers during the twentieth-century. However, Fitzgerald was not always as famous as he is now. Like most authors, there were many struggles in his career. His stories were usually turned down the first time,…

but they respects and values his work in the twenty-first century? Fitzgerald had a hard time to earning profits from his writing and he was not successful after his first novel. The story of Fitzgerald’s life reveals a close comparison between Fitzgerald and Gatsby from his number one book in AmericaThe Great Gatsby, and Fitzgerald’s emotion throughout his life show through his writing. From childhood to adulthood, Fitzgerald faced many good and bad experiences that inspired him to achieve his…

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, bases characters from Fitzgeralds personal life to interweaving intricate love relations that all follow his actions of the six most pivotal stages. Throughout the novel, Gatsby shows Fitzgeralds active attributes. They both “love and lost”, meaning that Fitzgerald and Jay would do anything for their beloved. Some critics may argue that the protagonist, Jay Gatsby, is a common fictional character from The Great Gatsby, however, there are many examples…

F. Scott Fitzgerald, born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, was born on September 24, 1896 and died on December 21, 1940. He was named after Francis Scott Key, the writer of the “Star-Spangled Banner”, and also his second cousin three times removed on his fathers ' side. While both of his parents were practicing catholics, Fitzgerald grew up and chose not to follow there path. His mother, Mary McQuillan, was from an Irish-Catholic family, and she came from a family that had made a small fortune in…

literature written, authors incorporate significant details from their own life into their writing, but no other has done it as completely as Scott Fitzgerald with his classic The Great Gatsby. The similarities between Fitzgerald’s characters and his own life are undeniable. From his humble beginnings to his unstable education to his romantic affairs, Fitzgerald documents his life through the infamous Gatsby. Perhaps his reason for this was to create realistic characters that readers could…

untold story of F.Scott Fitzgerald the author of novel. The characters in The Great Gatsby resemble many of the people FItzgerald encountered throughout his life time. This novel displays a picture of a man who looked like he had it all together and was living the American dream. With twist, turns, and tumultuous times it gives readers insight on the life of one of the most beloved authors today. Fitzgerald was not only known as an author but also as alcoholic, he and his wife Zelda were known…