Fitzgerald
> Francis Scott Fitzgerald had a wild and tragic life. Much of his life is not common knowledge to the average person and is definitely not taught in schools. If some of these interesting and funny anecdotes were given; F. Scott Fitzgerald would have a larger following and be comparable to the late Jim Morrison, the lead singer and songwriter of the classic rock band, The Doors. Morrison's works including poems and songs have been made into two anthologies. Both writers had an alcohol problem and had unstable relationships with their significant others. Fitzgerald's life is more interesting than Morrison's by far, though most of the younger generations do not read Fitzgerald for recreation like they listen to The Doors' music. After reading some biographies on Fitzgerald's life, it was clear how much of his real life he used in his literary works. This paper will touch on some of influences that are most obvious due to the time factor that this had to be created under. > Fitzgerald had many influences and inspirations in his short lifetime and used as much of his life experiences in his writing as he possibly could. He mostly used a few facts and elaborated the rest of the story with his own imagination. The majority inv
>FSF uses his true fears of not winning Zelda due to financial reasons in this work. Remember, he did not know if he would end up marrying her during the time he was writing it. He thinks out the worst possible scenario for his situation and ends up writing his first successful novel. Rosalind expresses to Amory on their first meeting that she has "kissed dozens of men. I suppose I'll kiss dozens more." 1 This was taken from one of the first encounters FSF had with Zelda. Like Rosalind, Zelda was a rebel. She smoked and drank in public when it was not socially acceptable for women to do so. For a novel written in the 1920's to tell of two young people kissing minutes after their first meeting was bold and rebellious. The novel received much attention and fame. >Again, the reoccurring character mold of a Southern Belle is used in The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald used many of Zelda's characteristics, actions and actual events from their lives in this American classic. Jay Gatsby possesses traits and characteristics of Fitzgerald while Daisy Buchanan possesses traits of Zelda. The Buchanan's have a young daughter in the novel, Pammy who may represent Zelda and Scott's daughter, Scottie. >The theme of This Side of Paradise seems to be a lost love. Fitzgerald uses his love experiences to write this book. The main character, Armory Blaine is portraying Fitzgerald himself. The character of Rosalind Connage is based off of Zelda. She is the southern, beautiful, sophisticated, somewhat spoiled and self-involved girl that Zelda was. Fitzgerald makes it clear that money played a large part in Rosalind's choice for a husband. Armory is a poor college student at Princeton and takes up jobs here and there for magazines to make some money, but not enough for what he knows Rosalind is accustomed to. One fact that proves how important money was to Zelda is that she agreed to marry Scott only after he became successful from This Side of Paradise. >His first role model and influence was Father Cyril Sigourney Webster Fay, whom he met during his second year at Newman School in Hackensack, New Jersey in November 1912. Fitzgerald was sixteen and impressionable. Father Fay was FSF's ideal priest possessing popularity and the ability to make the church seem
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