Gatsby

In order to write a novel, different authors get their inspiration from different places. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s case, his inspiration was his own life. In his novel, The Great Gatsby, many characters are reflective of the people he knew personally. One of those people was Ginevra King, whose romantic ways and elite status were the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. Daisy’s love, Gatsby, was inspired by his own personality. The letters sent between the two of them give us insight into the inspiration of the characters Fitzgerald wrote about in the novel The Great Gatsby.
The main romance in this novel, between Gatsby and Daisy, was inspired by King. Just like Daisy, she was a debutante who fell in love at a young age (“Love Notes…”). Even though their relationship was short and happened at a younger age, King influenced the character of Daisy more than anyone in Fitzgerald's life. James L. W. West III, a professor of English at Penn State University says, “Ginevra is arguably the most important romance Fitzgerald ever experienced, more than Zelda” (“Love Notes…”). Thequalities that she possesses are often seen in Daisy's character throughout the novel. The letters written from Ginevra to Fitzgerald allow us to clearly see where Fitzgerald got his inspiration for the character of Daisy. Though the letters written by Fitzgerald were destroyed by his request, the letters she wrote to him were preserved and now can be analyzed by anyone. The letters give us a clear path into the aristocratic life that she lived in, a life full of money and privileges and arrogance, just like Daisy’s life in The Great Gatsby. The romance between her and Fitzgerald is also reflected in the letters. In one letter she says ''I know I am a flirt and I can't stop it” (“Love Notes...”). Ginevra being "a flirt" is similar to Daisy's situation and the way she lead Gatsby on by saying she'd wait for him until after the war. In both situations though, they had no intentions of following