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In the 20th century, a well-known writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald named after one of his ancestors who wrote “Star Spangled Banner”. He demonstrated his talent to portray the rich society’s corruption. Even though his own turbulent life had many problem—such as alcoholism—his ability to point out the flaws in society were impressive. The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald was used to portray the life of the 1920’s, which had corruption and alcoholism
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer who wrote short stories and novels throughout his interesting time back in the 20th century. He wrote four novels, his most famous one was called the great Gatsby. He wrote numerous short stories for magazines, many of them containing content of his actual life with his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
Francis Scott key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896 and he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940. He grew up with his two parents: Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan, he grew up in a Catholic home. Growing up in school he neglected his studies, but always envisioned being a writer, as he wrote school pays for the Princeton Club in College. Fitzgerald wasn't doing well in school, he fell into academic probation, so he decided to join the army. He was so convinced that he wouldn't make it through the war he wrote a quick novel called "The Romantic Egotist" which was rejected because he needed to revise and edit it. He grew to be an alcoholic, and was always in debt trying to write his way out of debt with short stories. The rest of his life was a painful struggle with financial problems, Zelda Fitzgerald's illness, and his own alcoholism (Anderson).
His most well known Novel The Great Gatsby was published on April 10, ...

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...idn't know was that after his death there was a revival in his work; The Great Gatsby being one of them. His life was full of interesting situations. Fitzgerald lived to be the best author in the 20th century. By squandering too much too early with no thought of temperance in any area, F. Scott Fitzgerald lived a greater tragedy than any of the characters he created (Lutz).

Works Cited

Anderson, W. R. "F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald." American Writers in Paris, 1920-1939. Ed. Karen Lane Rood. Detroit: Gale Research, 1980. Dictionary of Literary Biography Vol. 4. Literature Resource Center. Web. 1 Jan. 2014.
Lutz, Norma Jean. "Fitzgerald, F. Scott." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 2 Jan. 2014
Roulston, Robert, and Helen H. Roulston. "The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald's Opulent Synthesis (1925)." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 2 Jan. 2014a

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