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F scott fitzgerald biography ppt rubric

Scott Fitzgerald

1896-1940

Early life:

*Born in St. Paul, MN in 1896 into an upper middle class family.

*Wrote for his high school newspaper (St. Paul Academy)

*Dropped out of Princeton University to join the army; never

fought in WWI and this was one of his great regrets.

*While stationed in Montgomery, Alabama in 1918, he met his future wife, Zelda.

*After a number of rejections, his first novel, This Side of Paradise, is published.

This new fame convinced Zelda to marry him.

(Mizener)

Fame and Fortune:

*Fitzgerald wrote of the wealthy, socialite lifestyle, which he and Zelda also lived.

*He captured the “roaring twenties” culture in his writing.

*Expatriate: Fitzgerald and Zelda lived and traveled in Paris, Italy, Switzerland, etc.

They became friends with Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein, among others.

(Willett)

A tragic life:

*Globe trotting and extravagance took its toll: Fitzgerald suffered from severe alcohol