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    with that for people to establish a meaningful relationship they must go through hardship together and take risks together, and that is greatly nullified with social media and heavy use of technology altogether. Along with that, the author F. Scotts Fitzgerald portrayed material wealth

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald was the model of the American image in the nineteen twenties. He had wealth, fame, a beautiful wife, and an adorable daughter; all seemed perfect. Beneath the gilded façade, however, was an author who struggled with domestic and physical difficulties that plagued his personal life and career throughout its short span. This author helped to launch the theme that is so prevalent in his work; the human instinct to yearn for more, into the forefront of American literature, where it

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    of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward,” (Fitzgerald qtd. In “BrainyQuote”). This quote shows why Fitzgerald’s writings have continued to be present in modern generations. With multiple films out in recent years many of his writings have become household names. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s national fame is a result of his early life, writing career, and his eventual downfall. According to Biography editors, Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. His

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, 1896. The prime of his time was spent between the 1920s and 30s, “The Jazz Age”. Which was exhibited in most of his novels. His environmental factors played a huge part in influencing the way he constructed the era in which he placed his characters in. While William Shakespeare, was born in 1560’s and died in 1616. That is a huge gap in time between him and Fitzgerald, which generates an enormous distinction

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    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is an American short story writer and novelist who lived in the period between 24th September 1994 to 21st December 1940; his works are considered to be the paradigmatic compositions of the Jazz Age. He is a well-known member of the “Lost Generation” of the 20th century. During his life, he completed a total of four novels; Beautiful and Damned, This Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night and The Great Gatsby (the most popular of all his stories)

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    Title: The life of Zelda Fitzgerald and her relationship with F. Scott Fitzgerald Thesis: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald is generally remembered as the flamboyant wife of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. Zelda, named after a gypsy queen in a novel, however, was a talented writer in her own right, recognized for her biting and bantering style. I. Introduction Zelda is sick and Mr. Fitzgerald is not allowed to see her Thesis Statement: Perhaps Fitzgerald was not ‘‘the inevitable male companion,” she would choose

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    author to mirror his life in his book. In his previous novels F. Scott Fitzgerald drew from his life experiences. He said that his next novel, The Great Gatsby, would be different. He said, “In my new novel I’m thrown directly on purely creative work” (F. Scott Fitzgerald). He did not realize or did not want it to appear that he was taking his own story and intertwining it within his new novel. In The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, he imitates his lifestyle through the Buchanan family to demonstrate

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    the nation soon faced a culture-shock of material prosperity during the 1920’s. Also known as the “roaring twenties”, it was a time where life consisted of prodigality and extravagant parties. Writing based on his personal experiences, author F. Scott Fitzgerald, distinctly conveys through The Great Gatsby the change within America’s society, class differences, and the effect of an absence of religion through the corruption of the “American Dream” during the Jazz Age. An ocean of immigrants arrived

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    Kaitlyn Veal Pre AP Honors English 10 Shugart 18 Decemeber 2014 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 's 1925 novel The Great Gatsby is a tragic love story, a mystery, and a social commentary on American life. The Great Gatsby is about the lives of four wealthy characters observed by the narrator, Nick Carroway. Throughout the novel a mysterious man named Jay Gatsby throws immaculate parties every Saturday night in hope to impress his lost lover, Daisy Buchanan. Gatsby lives in a mansion on

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    How came people did not respected Fitzgerald writing in 20th century , but why people are respecting and valuing Fitzgerald work in 21th century? Fitzgerald had hard time to get profit from his writing, but he never got good profit after his first novel. In a Fitzgerald life, his background information was the most important about him, the comparison of Fitzgerald and the main character of his number one book in American “The Great Gatsby’s”, and the Fitzgerald influence of behind writing. From a

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