The Great Gatsby Review

A Review on Fitzgerald By the time you finish your education you will have more than likely heard of F. Scott Fitzgerald the author. He wrote many books, but his most known is The Great Gatsby. His works live on through schools. Many schools around the world read his books and teach about his life. He's a very celebrated writer and piece of American history. Although he has had some dark times there's many reasons why he's considered one of the best writers ever. First of all Fitzgerald is an amazing writer. His writing style is very elegant, descriptive, and has a flow like rhythm to it almost. His works are easy to read and understand. They're not short and choppy like those of his troubled friend Hemingway. Reading a story of Fitzgerald's
Scotts personal life wasn't so smooth. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24th, 1896. Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy until he was 15 years old. In 1911 F. Scott's parents sent him to a prestigious Catholic school in New Jersey named Newman School. Newman School was where he met Father Sigourney Fay, who inspired him to pursue writing. After Fitzgerald completed high school, he would attend Princeton University. This is when Fitzgerald fully dedicated himself to perfecting his craft. However this caused him to do poorly in school and he was placed on academic probation. He would end up dropping out in 1917 and joining the U.S. Army. He would meet his future wife, Zelda, after being assigned to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama. World War I ended before Fitzgerald was ever deployed. Shortly after he moved to New York to start a career in advertising. Nevertheless Fitzgerald quit after only a few months and moved back to St. Paul to complete his novel. That would be the start of his literary career. He went on to release The Side of Paradise and he became successful enough to marry Zelda. They had a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald in 1921. After F. Scott completed The Great Gatsby, he fell into alcoholism and Zelda started having mental health issues. Fitzgerald started to suffer from writer's block. They spent the late 20's moving back and forth between Delaware and France. In 1937 Fitzgerald went back to Hollywood in an attempt to
His extravagant lifestyle is a perfect definition of the Roaring 20's. This era was when the modern celebrity was really invented. Secondly his writing style has inspired many other authors such as J.D. Salinger. His writing style of chasing aspirations, finding love, and self assessment is found in a lot of novels today. Lastly Fitzgerald was one of the first examples of people not appreciating something before it's gone. These days people look back on his work and recognize him as a great writer. He's seen in a different light in today's literacy world compared to when he was alive. Now he's mentioned among the best writers in history. All of the recognition, respect, admiration, and value would come too late leading Fitzgerald to pass away thinking of himself as a failure. He never got to see his career turn into the amazing legacy that is today. In conclusion, this is why I believe Fitzgerald is extremely important to the history of literacy and