F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald wanted a prosperous life where his work would be read for decades. Even though he was not as famous as he would have like to be at the time, he is now one of the greatest authors in American History. His writing skills were a gift from god and he used this skill to write poems and novels. He attended Princeton University and was part of the Triangle Club, where he wrote plays and acted in the lead role. Soon after he was placed on probation, Fitzgerald withdrew from Princeton University to write novels. After his early successes, he got married to Zelda Sayre and they had their first and only child, Frances on October 26, 1921.
The Great Gatsby is known to be an integration of Fitzgerald’s life. In the video, there was a direct link between Fitzgerald and Gatsby. This was seen from early on when Fitzgerald falls in love for the first time but finds out that he cannot be with his love because of his social status. His father even tells him that, “poor boys don’t date rich girls”. Even from Fitzgerald’s early years, there was a consistent link between Fitzgerald and Gatsby. In Princeton, Fitzgerald was in search for social acceptance. At first, he tried to make the football team but gets cut from the squad on the first day. This led him to climb the social ladder by writing and starring in plays at Princeton University. However, upon getting caught up in the day to day activities at Princeton, he soon gets placed on probation and later withdraws from the university. His desires to be famous and a “somebody” in society cause him to join the army during World War I. Fitzgerald was later discharged from the army and proposed to Zelda to marry him, as he found out that he will no longer be going to war. His greatest similarity with Gatsby may be his determination to become rich and famous. When he realized that Zelda was re-thinking their marriage, he started to write a novel, This Side to Paradise, which got published and became a best-seller. His new fame and celebrity status allowed him to marry Zelda, as she was an ancestor of a wealthy family.
Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda, was a party girl, but she gave Fitzgerald the feeling that would “melt everything inside him”. After their marriage, the new lively couple moved around and attended parties on a regular basis. The parties, the couple organized were very “alcoholic” and chaotic. In the early 1920s, the Fitzgerald couple moved to Europe, where they continued their