Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, a famous writer, known by his famous works The Great Gatsby and Side of Paradise he spent tons of his life writing. ... His family was middle-class, but his family lost their jobs causing for him to be moving around the country and eventually out of the country in need of his family to find occupations. ... Shain, a former President of Connecticut College, described Fitzgerald's The Side of Paradise as "The novel is very uneven, and full of solemn attempts at abstract thought on literature, war, and socialism.... Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is a powerfu...

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Fitzgerald was not wealthy, because of his status Zelda lost interest in marriage prospects. After Fitzgerald's book This Side of Paradise was published Zelda was only too happy to live the affluent and celebrated lifestyle of a rich and famous author. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"The victor belongs to the spoils" -Anthony Patch (p.188) "There is only one lesson to be learned from life... That there's no lesson to be learned from life." -Gloria Pa...

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As Americans strove to find and claim for themselves a piece of what they considered to be the "American Dream", they inevitably got lost in the process, and Fitzgerald created several poignant and distinct characters in The Great Gatsby who epitomized the era and his beliefs in how the era affected people. ... One week after Fitzgerald achieved notoriety by publishing This Side of Paradise in 1920, however, Zelda and Fitzgerald were married. ...

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• Grade Level: High School