to the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald who wrote the book. It seems as if in a way

Fitzgerald is somewhat telling the story of his early life through Jay Gatsby.

Gatsby and Fitzgerald's lives are very much alike in the most important aspects.

Fitzgerald may have used his imagination to spice his life up with elegant parties,

big money spenders and many affairs and betrayals.

A brief description of Fitzgerald's life would make this essay more

understandable as to why Fitzgerald and Gatsby are so much alike. Fitzgerald was

born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24th 1892. His father was from

Maryland and his mother was the daughter of a Irish immigrant. Fitzgerald,

unlikely to graduate from Princeton, joined the army in 1917. In June 1918

Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, that is

where he fell in love with Zelda Sayre. Later they became engaged and unwilling

to live on Fitzgerald's small salary, as an advertiser, she broke off the

arrangements. When Fitzgerald finally sold one of his books he became a rich

celebrity almost overnight. A week later he married Zelda. Fitzgerald was an

now an eligible bachelor. There was one problem though, Daisy was married.

argument in this essay. Zelda broke off her and Fitzgerald's engagement because

unable to marry Daisy because of similar conditions. Gatsby was a poor boy and

than he would earn it. Gatsby would also do the same thing. He would throw huge

was also in the military fighting overseas in WWI. Fitzgerald met Zelda when he

early life story through Jay Gastby he is writing it this way because making money

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