F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Novels:
- first novel published is This Side of Paradise
- second published novel is The Beautiful and Damned
- The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, is his most recognized novel
- fourth published novel is Tender is the Night
- Personal life:
- F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
- He died of a heart attack in 1940, at age 44, his final novel only half completed.
- He married Zelda Sayre
- They had one child, a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald, born in 1921.
- Went to Princeton, never graduated
- On academic probation and failing classes in Princeton, Fitzgerald takes a commission as an infantry second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and leaves Princeton to report for duty
- U.S. Army, 1917-19; became second lieutenant.
- Fitzgerald’s life was rough after The Great Gatsby because of alcoholism
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's life is a tragic example of both sides of the American Dream - the joys of young love, wealth and success, and the tragedies associated with excess and failure
- Hedonism:
- F. Scott Fitzgerald is an example of hedonism because all the events and things that happen in his life are a way for him to find pleasure with himself and become happy. He was a representation of the American Dream.
- Quote:
- “Fitzgerald was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry and assigned to Camp Sheridan outside of Montgomery, Alabama.” (Biography.com, F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography)
- Biography.com Editors. “F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography.” The Biography.com website. A&E Television Networks. n.d. Web. 5 October 2015. http://www.biography.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald-9296261
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