Scott Fitzgerald was the leading writer of America's Jazz Age.and one of its glittering heroes"(ENC 190) in writing novels and short stories. Fitzgerald captured the minds of those who were cheaply entertained. His complicated life lived with an obsession of money mixed with complex women and excessive drinking influenced his literary works and style which caused much criticism. .
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's life began on Sept. 24, 1896, in Minnesota(de Koster 13). He went to school at St. Paul Academy and also in Hackensack, New Jersey at the Newman School. Fitzgerald wrote for the Nassau Literary Magazine and the Princeton Tiger and wrote scripts and lyrics for Princeton Triangle Club musicals while going to Princeton(Bruccoli). Fitzgerald wasn't the brightest man. He was on academic probation and wasn't expected to graduate so he went into the army without graduating with a degree(Mangum 1369). While in the army Fitzgerald's passion for writing increased greatly("F. Scott Fitzgerald") but no matter how many novels and short stories he wrote, Fitzgerald was never satisfied. Fitzgerald grew up in a poor home. Recalling his past, he said:.
"That was always my experience-a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy's school; a poor boy in a rich boy's club at Princeton.I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich and it has colored my entire life and works."(de Koster 14).
He didn't have the best life as a kid. Fitzgerald's father was unable to keep a job, so they lived off his grandfathers estate left behind after his death. Since his family wasn't financially stable it made Fitzgerald unable to balance his money("F. Scott Fitzgerald"). Because of his childhood he was envious and determined to become wealthy. "Both Fitzgerald"s life and his work have been seen as a study in the pursuit of an elusive American Dream"(Pace, "Fitzgerald's Life"). .
Life was tough for Fitzgerald because he depended the money that magazines would pay him for his stories(Mangum "F.
F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to be one of the three most important authors to write in between the two great wars (Magill 1032). ... F. ... Fitzgerald tried to base his writings on aspiration and idealism defining true American character ( F Scott Fitzgerald Centenary 3). ...
Dreaming The Impossible Dream: An autobiographical portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald as Jay Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald, born September 24, 1896 in St. ... F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre were married on April 3, 1920. ... Fitzgerald held Tommy Hitchcock in such high regard, that he inspired Scott's portrait of Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband in The Great Gatsby. ...
The writer who summed up an era Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. ... F. Scott Fitzgerlad created his own legends. ... When looking upon Fitzgerald's novels you can see an insight into his own personal life. ... Over all Francis Scott Key Fitzgeralds books and shorts stories were able to teach future generations about an era they knew nothing about until the opened one of his books. ...
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