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The Ravishing Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald and His Wife Zelda
“Show me a hero and i’ll write you a tragedy” once said by the king of the jazz age. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Haven’t you ever wondered how life was like before F. Scott became the king of the jazz age, or before he fell in love with the rebellious future queen of the flappers Zelda if so then soar back into the roaring twenties and experience “The Great Gatsby.” Haven’t you ever read an interesting book and thought to yourself hmmm, how did this author Portray this amazing story. Was it based on his/her real life experience? or their ingenuity? The truth is everyone experiences …show more content…

Scott Fitzgerald were two ordinary people just like us even though they reigned as the king and queen of the jazz age. It all started when F. Scott fitzgerald born September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Zelda Sayre born July 24, 1900, Montgomery, Alabama were born. They were both two very antithesis people. Scott was the unpopular kid who was determined to become a better person than his father, who became popular by his talent of writing. While zelda was always the popular rebellious southern belle who drank, smoked and drived at the age of 17. They were both named after someone, whether it was a real person or a made up character. Scott was named after Francis Scott key his second cousin , yes the person who wrote the star spangled banner and his sister Louise Scott Fitzgerald who died right before he was born. On the other hand Zelda was named after "Zelda: A Tale of the Massachusetts Colony" (Jane Howard) and "Zelda's Fortune" (Robert Edward Francillon), they were two short stories that weren’t really well known. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda both finished High school but Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton University in 1917 to join the army to prove that he can be better than his father but he kept missing out on all the wars …show more content…

Unless one day your world comes crashing down into an oblivion. Some couples may be able to survive it but some couples aren’t that lucky. For example take Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald they survived their rocky relationship. At first Scott met his first love Ginevra King a debutante in the year of 1915 in which he thought he would end up with, he even used her as his inspirational muse for his books like“ This Side of Paradise,” and “The Great Gatsby.” Soon in his eyes his world came crashing down when her father told him “ poor boys don’t marry rich girls,” in which she ended it, he was heartbroken. Considering what happened he would’ve thought that he would never find another amazing girl like his once true love Ginevra, but boy was he wrong. later Scott met Zelda another debutante in July of 1918 and became quite infatuated with her while waiting to be drafted, he was stationed at Camp Sheridan which was outside of Montgomery, Alabama. They met at a country club dance in Montgomery, Alabama while he was commissioned as an entry level commission officer also known as a second lieutenant. Not long after he was

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