Francis Scott Key

Francis Scott Fitzgerald wrote many works of literature including one of his best sellers, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was considered to be the depiction of The Roaring Twenties, and one of the best American novels ever written. During this time, The Roaring Twenties doubled the nation's wealth, which allowed more people to be rich. This wealth caused a split between social classes. The ones who had their American Dream, and the ones who did not. With its beautiful lyricism, pitch-perfect

and social changes during the 1920’s. 1929, the 19th Amendment has been passed, era of the flapper was strong, Jazz was popularized, prohibition started, greed was more apparent, and morals were lost. The Great Gatsby and other stories written by F. Scott Fitzgerald embodies the changes that took place in the American Society. The 1920’s was a time of drastic political, social, and economic change. The 1920’s was a very important decade for American History, this time helped the United States to become

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald The way a person writes can be influenced by several factors. In The Great Gatsby written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, this novel is loosely based on Fitzgerald’s own life. The Great Gatsby is not only based on Fitzgerald’s life, but it was also influenced by his long-time love affair with Zelda Fitzgerald and his long time addiction to alcohol. The time period in which this novel was written was influenced heavily by the end of the War, this time period was also

February 2015 F. Scott Fitzgerald While many authors have fascinating lives, F. Scott Fitzgerald was an interesting person, because he went into the military, his wife suffered a mental breakdown, and he wrote four novels. “F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota”(F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography). Very interestingly enough he was actually named after the man who wrote “The Star Spangled Banner”, Francis Scott Key. Fitzgerald grew up

The Forgotten War Many wars have happened through out our history. From the B.C to the 21st century. But some people believe some of these war should be forgotten or not learned about. To be specific, the War of 1812 and this is major issue. The issue on this is that some believe that it should be taken out of history books. This is because the ink prices have sky rocketed and not putting this in would save them money.Others believe that keeping it would be better. This is because many great accomplishments

written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. This work is a very interesting piece that it was written to what was like the author’s life. Many of the events that occurred in Fitzgerald’s early life appear in the novel. Each character seemed to have relation in some way to the character of Fitzgerald himself. It was interesting to see how the author somewhat describes himself in his novel throughout many characters and their actions that were like his. (SparkNotes editors “Context”). Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

drinking, and a time without war. F. Scott Fitzgerald is just one of the many writers during this time to write about such times. Fitzgerald, however, is an author that defined this era also known as the Jazz Age. Known for novels such as The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, and The Beautiful and the Damned, and many short stories, Fitzgerald is described by famousauthors.org as “one of the greatest writers American soil has produced in the 20th century. F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the most influential

Camdon Green Mrs. Navarro English III 3 October 2014 From Party to Madness, And Everything In Between F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you”. “The good life” can quickly dwindle into loneliness and sorrow, as portrayed in his masterpiece of a novel The Great Gatsby. Main character Jay Gatsby is an exceptional example of this. As Gatsby wanders throughout the novel trying to impress his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, throwing lavish

Born September 24th, 1896, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald—F. Scott Fitzgerald for short— was an American novelist and short story author, notably famous for The Great Gatsby. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald was exceptionally bright and ambitious as a child. The pride and joy of his parents, he attended St. Paul Academy where his first written piece was published in his school’s newspaper at the age of 13. At the age of 15, Fitzgerald’s parents sent him to the Newman School, a prestigious catholic

F. Scott Fitzgerald is a well known author wrote multiple novels during the Jazz Age which reflected his life experiences. The Jazz Age was a period of time in America during the 1920’s where many Americans thought of new ideas and wore new styles. The Jazz Age began with World War 1 and ended with the Great Depression in 1929. (abebooks.com). Fitzgerald is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby which is about this time period. Many other novels written by Fitzgerald were also based on his own