The Great Gatsby :: The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

I. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, grew up in an upper-middle class family where he enjoyed the traditions of the upper classes, but non the financial ability to uphold those practices. Fitzgerald acquired his fame, almost overnight, with the publication of his first book, This place of Paradise, in 1920. His extensive cargoner began with the writing of stories for mass-circulation magazines, such as The Saturday even out Post. That same year, he married Zelda Sayre, who later became one his major influences on his writing, along with literature, Princeton, and alcohol. In the summer of 1924, Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, a fresh nearly the American dream. This novel was written in Fitzgeralds own time. The reader is fit to prove his insight and artistic integrity in the way that which the novel is composed. He brings forth the values that he embraced at least part in his own life, such as strongism and the magic of wealth, which are clearly p laced in the characters of The Great Gatsby. The novel is almost a paradox of his own biography a unique materialism in which men attempt to create happiness from material achievement. The novel true the most striking criticalappraisal, just as predicted by Fitzgerald. This honorary event marked the climax of his fame, however, his reputation faded from then on. With the unhealthiness of his wife, he reflected his experiences in his further work, such as Tender Is the Night. just about other examples of his work include The Beautiful and Damned and The Love of the drop dead Tycoon. At the age of forty-four, Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack. Since his death, critics have come to see his work as a reflection of the American culture and of The twenties, a noteworthy representation of his people that is saturated with meaning today. II. The myth of Gatsby takes place in the 1920s, a time that began with the closing of the bloodiest conflict the domain of a function had ever witne ssed. The European society had suffered spiritually from the effects of World warfare I, yet life in America became a time of material demand. The twenties are best known as a ecstasy when American business was riding high and increases in productivity brought hundreds of raw(a) products within the reach of the average consumer. The widespread impact of the stock grocery downturn heightened the popular view of the importance of the economy during the 1920s.