Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was a world renowned author, particularly known for his remarkable novel The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald’s early life was filled with experiences that shaped him to be the man that he later became. His early life includes his family and his schooling, both of which gave him values and traditions to follow. Fitzgerald’s later life contained hardships, illness and the production of his own family. The factors involved in his later life aided him in composing his most well-known
F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “I am not a great man, but sometimes I think the impersonal and objective quality of my talent, and the sacrifices of it, in pieces, to preserve its essential value has some sort of epic grandeur” (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” St. James). Fitzgerald had heavy drinking problems and faced many financial failures throughout his life of writing but has proved to be gifted in many ways of writing. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was a short story writer, an essayist
The “Jazz Age” was a term F. Scott Fitzgerald coined to describe the ostentatious era that began after World War I during the Roaring Twenties. It was a joyous time full of great prosperity. He published many famous books during this time like The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. Fitzgerald claimed to know a great deal about the glitz and glamour of the Roaring Twenties, while he never actually experienced those aspects himself. Although F. Scott Fitzgerald had many struggles with alcoholism
like F. Scott Fitzgerald who had many issues dealing with alcohol and other problems throughout the course of his life. Some of these obstacles were difficult to deal with, so F. Scott Fitzgerald found inspiration through his wife Zelda Sayre, who was reason behind many books. As proof by his willingness to his wife and dedication to his work, leads to conclude F. Scott Fitzgerald was ambitious and goal driven by not only outer surroundings but his ever so important American Dream. Fitzgerald was
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a very well-known and successful writer during the Jazz Age. His work influenced many Americans during this time period. In his novels, The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise, the characters represent the idea of how society is driven by only material success. Fitzgerald’s life is an example of both sides of the American dream, the joys of young love, wealth, success and the tragedies associated with success and failure. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896
you a tragedy.”(Fitzgerald) Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald perhaps regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century, and also believed to be the hero in his own novels. During his lifetime he was continuously trying his best to be a great writer, but just like his commitment to his work, despair, constant discouragements and eventually death disrupted his passion. Despite having published only four novels and living a life of constant unfortunate events, Fitzgerald became one of the
19 December 2013 Author Report on F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the greatest American authors. Many of Fitzgerald’s novels are considered classics and will forever be read. Fitzgerald is most known for his novels detailing the youth of America in the 1920s to the 1930s. Many of these books that Fitzgerald wrote are based of his life experiences. Fitzgerald is considered a literary genius and also lived a very interesting life. Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 and died
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1869, in St. Paul Minnesota and died December 21, 1940 in Hollywood by heart attack. He was the son of Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan. Neither of them were writers or had anything to do with writing for that matter so where F. Scott got his writing skills from is unknown, but it likely came from his father’s side for his father’s great-great-grandfather was the brother of Francis Scott key’s grandfather. Francis Scott Key is who F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald also known as Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on “September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, MN” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). He got his name from his cousin Francis Scott Key who wrote the star spangled banner. He was born to Mary McQuillan (mother) and Edward Fitzgerald (father). Growing up F. Scott Fitzgerald went to many schools throughout the country. Since he grew up in St. Paul, the first school that he went to was St. Paul Academy in St. Paul. They lived in St. Paul because that’s
DailyTimes Newspaper F Scott Fitzgerald has been one of the most recognizable authors out there today. Many people admire his work, but he’s hard to catch and follow due to his busy schedule and personal lifestyle being an alcoholic. On the 19th of November 1925 I was given a chance to meet up with F. Scott Fitzgerald, to discuss about the eminent novel written by him “The Great Gatsby” at his house in Los Angeles. The books about a poor turned wealthy man, Gatsby and his attempt on getting his
case for F. Scott Fitzgerald; he lived through so much during his life that he was able to incorporate it into his writing. Fitzgerald’s writing was mostly made up of the feeling that he felt, this was all affected by his life relations and time period. F. Scott Fitzgerald presented his life through his writing because life experiences and relationships influenced the characters in The Great Gatsby, and the time period in which he lived in provided a theme for the story. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald was a well know author and novelist, who was also known for his number one selling novel, “The Great Gatsby”. Lets back up to 1896 to the day Francis “Scott” Key Fitzgerald was born. According to the book “The Importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald,” he was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Laurel Street in a rented apartment on September 24, 1896 (1). Mollie, a very proud mother of that her son was insisted on being named after her husband’s great-grandmother’s
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood "I saw the novel...was becoming subordinated to a mechanical...art...I had a hunch that the talkies would make even the best selling novelist as archaic as silent pictures." (Mizener 165) F. Scott Fitzgerald was keenly aware of the shift in the public's interest from novels to movies. This change made Hollywood stand alone for Fitzgerald as the sole means for expressing his talent and for gaining appropriate recognition, as well as the new way to make money
this time, “America [had become] the wealthiest country in the world with no obvious rival” (America in the 1920s). Francis Scott Fitzgerald, an American writer of that time, employed the events of his life and the realities of the world around him in order to create one of the most influential works in the history of America: The Great Gatsby. Through his work, Fitzgerald was capable of portraying the truth behind the luxurious scenes of the 1920s. Fitzgerald’s unveiling of veracities produced
being discovered and this era is called Modernism. F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of those writers that quickly began to express himself though literature during the era of Modernism. F. Scott Fitzgerald is mostly known for his writing which are mostly autobiographical. F. Scott Fitzgerald is famous, not only for his writing, but also for his life. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a master of novels, short stories, and as an essay writer. F. Scott Fitzgerald is tremendously known all over the world as a writer
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was a writer, American Socialite, and an artist. She is the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, who strongly influenced his work. Zelda’s works of literature and artwork help defined the roars twenties. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was born on Tuesday, 24 July 1900, to Minerva Bucker Machen Sayre and Anthony Dickson Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama. Her mother named herself “for a myth, was known locally as an avid reader” (Cline 1). Her father on the other hand was
perspective of the great works of F. Scott Fitzgerald The legendary Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald reflects onto his readers and exceptional childhood and educational background emmating from his life experiences. It is believed The Great Gatsby reflects his point of view of his fortunate life as an author. F. Scott Fitzgerald is an author of many short stories and novels in Americas history primarily however his works explimfied the era of the nineteen twenties. Fitzgerald was born on September 28th 1896
F. Scott Fitzgerald is celebrated as one of the premier writers and authors of the 1920s and 1930s. His lyrical stunts awed the buyers of his novels and short stories; probably the most obvious of these feats would be his use of irony. In 1922, Fitzgerald ability to weave irony into both “Porcelain and Pink” and “The Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by creating characters with false identities that cause conflicts later on in the story. Fitzgerald, like he does in most of his stories, starts us off with
Fitzgerald, The Old Sport Unbeknownst to the literary world, a future great American novelist, Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896. As an intellectual young man with great ambition, F. Scott Fitzgerald attended Princeton in the fall of 1913 with great hopes of fulfilling his dream to become a writer (“F. Scott Fitzgerald – Bio”, 2015). Unfortunately, Fitzgerald did not find much success at Princeton, was put on academic probation, and in 1917 left the school and enlisted himself into the
In the short story, “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald suggests that the American Dream cannot be obtained by everyone, because everyone’s idea of the American Dream is slightly a little different, if not by a lot. Each dream is subject to change and should never be perceived as permanent either. Dexter works hard for all his nice money and nice clothes, but he never really gets his American Dream. F. Scott Fitzgerald gives us an idea of what he believes what’s wrong with the American dream in