The Author known as, Scott Fitzgerald is considered a notable writer in the Jazz Age time period for his novels, “short stories” such as “The Great Gatsby.” Throughout the life of Scott Fitzgerald his works have proven to be of high merit that have impacted the world of literature In 1898 at Saint Paul, Minnesota, born into a middle-upper class family, Fitzgerald was named after his famous second cousin Francis Scott Key but he finally went by the familiar name Scott Fitzgerald. Also he was named after his late sister, Louise Scott, one of two sisters who died shortly before his birth. "Well, three months before I was born my mother lost her other two children ... I think I started then to be a writer." His parents were Mollie (McQuillan) and Edward Fitzgerald. His mother was of Irish ancestry, and his father had Irish and English descent. Fitzgerald spent the first decade of his childhood mainly in Buffalo, New York, with a short time in Syracuse, New York. His parents, that were both very serious Catholics, sent Fitzgerald to two Catholic schools on the West Side of Buffalo called Holy Angels Convent and then Nardin Academy. His influential years in Buffalo revealed him to be a boy of unusual intelligence and drive with a keen early interest in literature, his caring mother guaranteeing that her son had all the advantages of an upper-middle-class background. In a somewhat uncommon way of parenting, Fitzgerald attended Holy Angels with the peculiar arrangement that he go for only half a day. In 1908, the family returned to Minnesota, where Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy in St. Paul. When he was 13 a piece of writing of his appeared published, for the first time, in the school newspaper. In 1911, Fitzgerald parents sent... ... middle of paper ... ...his death that Fitzgerald "was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation ... He might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction.". Fitzgerald is a 2009 inductee of the New Jersey Hall of Fame. In honor of Fitzgerald the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, was named after him. So with all of Fitzgerald ups and down, tragedies, successes, and hard work he created a goal achieving lifestyle making his work notable and entertaining to the audiences ,but was never given any major awards therefore considering himself as the “underdog” compared to Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, and Walt Whitman. This essay states how and where Scott Fitzgerald lived, with an opinion that shows why Fitzgerald and his work are notable in the Jazz Age
On Wednesday February 12 of 1890 F. Scott Fitzgerald's parents were married in Washington D.C. Six years later on September 24, 1896 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born at his home 481 Laurel Ave. in St. Paul, Minnesota. His two infant older sisters had died from a violent influenza so that by the time Fitzgerald came along Mollie Fitzgerald had become the proverbial nightmare that known as an overprotective mother. Fitzgerald's mother was no traditional mother though, for she was known for her eccentricities. These eccentricities disturbed young Scott's life, "Fitzgerald later described his mother as 'half insane with pathological nervous worry'" (Bruccoli 15), but nothing worried anyone in the family so much as his father's failure to hold down a job. It was because his father lost his job as a wicker furniture manufacturer and salesman the family was forced to move from St. Paul to Buffalo in April of 1898, where his father began work for Proctor and Gamble. In January of 1901 the family moved from Buffalo to Syracuse where Edward had been transferred by his employer and where, on Sunday July 21, 1901 Scott's younger sister Annabel was born. Just two years later the family was back in Buffalo and just five years after that the family had returned to St. Paul and Grandma McQuillan's money.
Fitzgerald’s life came to be in September of 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward Fitzgerald, an alcoholic and failed wicker furniture maker, had a proud aristocracy, which his wife, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, was appreciative of. Mollie had an abundance of inheritance, but no family name to live up too. The family of Catholics lived in upstate New York until Edward was dismissed as a salesman. They then moved back to St. Paul to live off of Mollie’s hefty inheritance.
F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in a nice neighborhood, but growing up he wasn’t privileged. He was raised in the upper-crest Summit Ave. neighborhood
There were more than just the culture of the 1920s that affected the way F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. His life experiences had a profound impact on his writings. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He grew up in a middle class household but in a wealthy neighborhood. They lived comfortably off of his mother Mollies inheritance but as a child Fitzgerald felt out of place with all of the wealthy people around him. While at the St.Paul Academy Fitzgerald developed his love for writing and wrote his first story, this passion continued on to Princeton University. While there he wrote plays and articles for the Princeton Tiger. His passion for writing got in the way of his academics and after three years at Princeton he
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Fitzgerald was brought up in an upper class family and was highly educated throughout his life. He pursued writing at Princeton University, but was put into academic probation shortly after. Afterwards, he decided to drop out and continue his passion for writing novels and short stories. Fitzgerald then joined the army when his first story was unapproved. Upon his return, he met a southern Alabama belle named Zelda.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24th, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. His first novel's achievement made him well-known and allowed him to marry Zelda, but he later derived into drinking while his wife had developed many mental problems. Right after the “failed” Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood to become a scriptwriter. He died at the age of 44 of a heart attack in 1940, his final novel only half way completed.
Certain authors, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, wanted to reflect the horrors that the world had experienced not a decade ago. In 1914, one of the most destructive and pointless wars in history plagued the world: World War I. This war destroyed a whole generation of young men, something one would refer to as the “Lost Generation”. Modernism was a time that allowed the barbarity of the war to simmer down and eventually, disappear altogether. One such author that thrived in this period was F. Scott Fitzgerald, a young poet and author who considered himself the best of his time. One could say that this self-absorption was what fueled his drive to be the most famous modernist the world had seen. As The New Yorker staff writer Susan Orlean mentions in her literary summary of Fitzgerald’s works, “I didn’t know till fifteen that there was anyone in the world except me, and it cost me plenty” (Orlean xi). One of the key factors that influenced and shaped Fitzgerald’s writing was World War I, with one of his most famous novels, This Side Of Paradise, being published directly after the war in 1920. Yet his most famous writing was the book, The Great Gatsby, a novel about striving to achieve the American dream, except finding out when succeeding that this dream was not a desire at all. Fitzgerald himself lived a life full of partying and traveling the world. According to the Norton Anthology of American Literature, “In the 1920’s and 1930’s F. Scott Fitzgerald was equally equally famous as a writer and as a celebrity author whose lifestyle seemed to symbolize the two decades; in the 1920’s he stood for all-night partying, drinking, and the pursuit of pleasure while in the 1930’s he stood for the gloomy aftermath of excess” (Baym 2124). A fur...
By the end of World War I, many American authors were ready to change their ways and views on writing. Authors are tired of tradition and limitations. One of these writers was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was a participant in the wild parties with bootleg liquor, but he was also a critic of this time. His book, The Great Gatsby is an excellent example of modernist literature, through its use of implied themes and fragmented storyline.
F Scott Fitzgerald has been one of the most recognizable authors out there today. Many people admire his work, but he’s hard to catch and follow due to his busy schedule and personal lifestyle being an alcoholic. On the 19th of November 1925 I was given a chance to meet up with F. Scott Fitzgerald, to discuss about the eminent novel written by him “The Great Gatsby” at his house in Los Angeles. The books about a poor turned wealthy man, Gatsby and his attempt on getting his past lover back. What you’re about to read is one of the first few interviews ever with Mr. Fitzgerald in person. Below is the transcript of that interview.
F. Scott Fitzgerald is a prominent nineteenth century author who is credited for a large amount of success due to his books such as The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise. In Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes similes and imagery to illustrate the lavisha and wealthy lifestyle of Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul. Minnesota. His parents were Mary “Mollie” McQuillan and Edward Fitzgerald. Mary came from a wealthy family, while Edward held multiple failed careers; causing the family to bounce between states. Fitzgerald went to school at St. Paul’s Academy, then on to the Newman School, and finally to Princeton. Obsessed with writing, Fitzgerald dropped out of University, then decided to join the US Army. Stationed at Camp Sheridan as a second lieutenant, Fitzgerald continued writing and finished his first novel, The Romantic Egotist. The original novel was rejected, but later accepted as, This Side of Paradise, turning Fitzgerald into an “overnight success.” The novel success allowed for Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre to get married. The couple had one child, Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald, but were not happy. After their move to Europe, Zelda suffered a nervous breakdown. She spent most of the rest of her life in metal health hospitals. Later in his life, Fitzgerald suffered from alcoholism, and died from a heart attack in 1940.
In writing this book, commonly refered to as the “Great American Novel”, F. Scott Fitzgerald achieved in showing future generations what the early twenties were like, and the kinds of people that lived then. He did this in a beautifully written novel with in-depth characters, a captivating plot, and a wonderful sense of the time period.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Born from an Irish-American
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a well know author and novelist, who was also known for his number one selling novel, “The Great Gatsby”. Lets back up to 1896 to the day Francis “Scott” Key Fitzgerald was born. According to the book “The Importance of F. Scott Fitzgerald,” he was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Laurel Street in a rented apartment on September 24, 1896 (1). Mollie, a very proud mother of that her son was insisted on being named after her husband’s great-grandmother’s cousin, the composer of “The Star Spangled Banner”, the Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Scott’s father, Edward Fitzgerald, was a well dressed, civil man who enjoyed reading romantic, calming poetry by Baron Byron and Edgar Allen Poe.