Francis Scott Fitzgerald. In his life he experienced poverty‚ love‚ alcoholism‚ marriage‚ and economic loss. The story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his greatest stories revealing his life is what the 1920s give us. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul‚ Minnesota into an Irish-Catholic family. His father‚ Edward Fitzgerald‚ was the owner of a furniture business in St. Paul. He soon then lost the job and tried working as a salesman for Proctor and Gamble. This new job had the Fitzgeralds moving
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parallel to Fitzgerald life. For example‚ Daisy‚ the women Jay Gatsby has been basing his whole life on‚ is similar to Zelda Sayre‚ who would not marry Fitzgerald at first because of his lack of success. Gatsby and Fitzgerald both met vital women to their lives at dances‚ and both while they were stationed at camps in the army. Gatsby met Daisy at Camp Taylor in Illinois‚ where they danced and fell in love. However‚ after Gatsby went off to war‚ they never got back together again. Fitzgerald met his
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24‚ 1896 – December 21‚ 1940) was an American author of novels and short stories‚ whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age‚ a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.[1] Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise‚ The Beautiful and Damned‚ The Great Gatsby—his most famous—and Tender Is the Night. A fifth
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Comparison of Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald are two widely known American authors who wrote great novels‚ but differ in many ways. They both wrote stories on life journeys‚ however; Twain used pre-adolescent characters to show how an individual should behave in society. Whereas‚ Fitzgerald uses adult characters to show how an individual is harmed by society. Mark Twain’s characters have many dreams in all Twain’s stories. On the other hand
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write many different forms of literature. American author F. Scott Fitzgerald is recognized for his ability to incorporate personal experiences and struggles into the influential
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LOVE Attitudes towards love in The Great Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s poems are greatly at odds in general terms (Fitzgerald presents love as a destructive power born of the past‚ whereas EBB regards it as a redeeming hope for the future)‚ but within these differences parallels can be found. These include: Love is personal and creates especial bonds between two people which cannot be share or reproduced outside of that relationship. “Why – there’re things between Daisy and me that
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makes people steal and commit other disgraceful acts. Without this system‚ crime would decrease significantly. People are always associating wealth to money but it doesn’t have to be a negative term. Last year I read a book‚ The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald‚ in which Jay Gatsby becomes rich overnight. Gatsby believed that the “wealth” would help him win the love of his life‚ Daisy. However‚ once he died for Daisy‚ she didn’t even come to his funeral because she was scared of others opinions. He
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About the Life and Work of F. Scott Fitzgerald Writers on Fitzgerald He had one of the rarest qualities in all literature‚ and it’s a great shame that the word for it has been thoroughly debased by the cosmetic racketeers‚ so that one is almost ashamed to use it to describe a real distinction. Nevertheless‚ the word is charm charm as Keats would have used it. Who has it today? It’s not a matter of pretty writing or clear style. It’s a kind of subdued magic‚ controlled and exquisite‚ the sort
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Name ________________________ Fitzgerald Notes 1. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24‚ _______‚ in St. __________‚ Minnesota. 2. Fitzgerald developed “a two-cylinder inferiority _______________________” that made him aware of his modest beginnings. 3. Fitzgerald’s father made a living by selling __________________. 4. When Fitzgerald was in school‚ he gained a reputation as a __________- ____. He never lost this need for
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F. Scott Fitzgerald lived an amazing life throughout time‚ overcoming obstacles in his path and persevering through trials and tribulations. As a man who has gone through over four decades of experiencing an overwhelming amount of accomplishments‚ as well as hardships‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald is therefore acknowledged as a "True Man". In fact‚ his struggles through childhood‚ his transition to adulthood and his unstable literary career acknowledges him as a "Real Man" who is more like a hero. To
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