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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. Works and Connection to The Great Gatsby. Brian Laksh James Cornish Laura Beckman Avni Patel. Chapter One: Zelda Sayre. Fell in love with Zelda in Alabama Daughter of A Supreme Court Judge Obviously a basis for Daisy, the The Great Gatsby character
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Works and Connection to The Great Gatsby Brian Laksh James Cornish Laura Beckman Avni Patel
Chapter One: Zelda Sayre • Fell in love with Zelda in Alabama • Daughter of A Supreme Court Judge • Obviously a basis for Daisy, the The Great Gatsby character • Engaged, but did not immediately marry due to lack of faith of potential support of the couple • Married after success of This Side of Paradise, which provided monetary support and hope for the future
Chapter Two: Ginevra King • Dated while attending Princeton • Father did not feel that Fitzgerald was appropriate for dating Ginevra because of the difference in wealth (the King family was very rich) • Serves as a basis for the plot of The Great Gatsby • The rich are very isolated and self-contained • Gatsby must be rich to impress Daisy to have any chance of pursuing her • This thematic element also appears in This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald’s first novel
Chapter Three: Lifestyle • Known for somewhat of a “celebrity” status • Became almost a symbol of the Jazz Age • Much like Gatsby and the times • Known for excessive partying • Basis for Gatsby and the wild weekend parties
Chapter Four: Earlier Works • This Side of Paradise (1920) sets the stage of the differences in wealth • Rich do not marry into the poor class, the same predicament James Gatz faces • The Beautiful and Damned (1922)begins the motif of obsession and warns of its consequences • Much like Gatsby over Daisy, the Patch couple obsess over their inheritance, and although eventually receive it, they have lost their health and happiness
Chapter Four: Earlier Works • May Day (1920) portrays a rich man who commits suicide instead of subjecting himself to a relationship with a poor woman who has peaked his romantic interest • Once again shows the lack of connectivity between the rich and the poor; the rich seem to even despise the poor • Shows an extreme example of a concept in The Great Gatsby • Winter Dreams (1922) describes Dexter Green’s life work to become successful to attract a childhood crush, only to find out Judy Jones has already married
Chapter Five: Parallels • Fitzgerald admitted to having “a heightened sensitivity to the promises of life” • This is like Gatsby, who is also aware of the potential of life and strives for the American Dream • Fitzgerald always included characters and settings similar to his own life • The posthumously published The Last Tycoon (1941) was about Hollywood, where he had worked just prior to the novel • Tender is the Night (1934) is about a psychiatrist marrying a patient. It was written when wife Zelda was in a sanitarium suffering mental breakdowns
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 1896-1940