F. Scott Fitzgerald 
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The Great Gatsby
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born September 24, 1896
born in St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
died December 21, 1940, Hollywood, California
American short-story writer and novelist
He became a important figure in the literary life of the university of Princeton
He fell in love with a girl called Zelda and when she broke their engagement he got to finish his novel called This Side of Paradise and then he married Zelda
Jay Gatsby, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death.
The Great Gatsby main characters include: Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, Trimalchio, Nick Carraway, Tom Buchanan, Meyer Wolfsheim, and Mr. Gatz.
Fitzgerald offers up commentary on a variety of themes such as justice, power, greed, betrayal, the American dream, and so on. However, the primary purpose of the novel is to provide a sharp criticism of the American Dream.
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Made a friendship with Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop.
The Side of Paradise (1920)
in November 1917 he left to join the army
In July 1918 he met a girl called Zelda and he fall in love
1911: Fitzgerald attends the Newman School, a Catholic preparatory school in Hackensack, New Jersey
1917: Fitzgerald enters Princeton University and writes for The Princeton Tiger, the school’s humor magazine.
The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
The Great Gatsby (1925)
1919: Fitzgerald moves to New York City and lands a job at an advertising agency, making $90 a month.
1920: His first book, This Side of Paradise, is published. The novel brings him fame and money. He marries Zelda in April. They become a celebrated couple.
1930: After The Great Gatsby is published, Fitzgerald’s drinking becomes excessive, and Zelda suffers a mental breakdown in 1930.
1937: Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood and becomes a scriptwriter.
Tender Is the Night (1934)
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He was very melancholic and when he got drunk he would start writing because he was inspired.