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Did F Scott Fitzgerald's Life Compared To The Great Gatsby

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His first novel’s success, The Great Gatsby , made him famous. The Great Gatsby exhibits several characters, whose lives tell the enticing story. Although Fitzgerald may have not have been aware, he made many comparisons to the characters in the book versus his own life. On the other hand, some details pertaining to the characters are in contrast to the details of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life. In the novel, The Great Gatsby , F.
Scott Fitzgerald displays various comparisons and differences to his own life and the characters in the book.
Starting with the first bullet point of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life, he was born in
Minnesota, along with the protagonist of the novel, …show more content…

S. Army. “Fitzgerald was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry and assigned to Camp Sheridan, outside of
Montgomery, Alabama” (F. Scott Bio 1). Fitzgerald also made Gatsby a lieutenant when the war first
Orze 2 began. “I accepted a commission as first lieutenant when it began” (Fitzgerald 66). F.
Scott Fitzgerald created Gatsby to be a courageous veteran just like himself.
Another similarity F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gatsby share is the women they met and fell in love with. Gatsby met Daisy at a camp during the war and Fitzgerald met
Zelda Sayre, his lover, during the war. “I t was there that he met and fell in love with a beautiful 18yearold girl named Zelda Sayre, the daughter of an Alabama Supreme
Court judge” (F. Scott Bio 1). Throughout the novel, we learn about the great feats
Gatsby overcomes to impress Daisy. He does everything in his power to win Daisy over, including becoming wealthy and buying his mansion. This is also true regarding F.
Scott Fitzgerald. “...And upon his discharge he moved to New York City hoping to launch a career in advertising lucrative enough to convince Zelda to marry him” (F.
Scott Bio 1). There are many more similarities between Fitzgerald and Gatsby

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