How Did F Scott Fitzgerald's Life Affect The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in September 24, 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. His parents were Mollie McQuillan(second-generation Irish-American) and Edward Fitzgerald (wicker furniture manufacturer). Edward tried so many times to be someone in the furniture business but failed every time. He never got the success he hoped for. Because of Mollie's inheritance from an aunt, they could live an upper-middle class life. Edward never thought of himself as someone poor but instead as someone in the high class. That's how the idea that having more money is better came in the family. But they weren't the only ones affected by that though. During those times most Americans thought that having more money than other was the purpose of life.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the greatest American writers in the 20th century. Ever since he was a small child he was best known for his eager interest in literature. He studied at St. Paul Academy. When he was 13 years old he wrote his first piece, a story he wrote for his school newspaper. It was a

In 1922 he published his second novel The Beautiful and the Dammed that novel was wrote in Jazz Age that made him a member of the Lost Generation. They lived in New York for a time, they had money problems so they had to ask for loans. He then move to Paris when he wrote his classic noel The Great Gatsby. In the 1920s he fell into a state of serious alcoholism and had writer's block. Zelda had meant health problems and since that year it got worse. Later on in 1930 she got diagnosed with schizophrenia. His problem with alcohol and financial problems didn't help his marriage. When Zelda was hospitalized in a North Carolina in 1937 he left his wife and moved to Hollywood to become a screenwriter. He signed a movie contract with a weekly salary. He also had a relationship with columnist Sheila Graham during the last three years of his