“Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.” In 2009, according to Erik Adler, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s contributions to american literature and culture are why we focus on him as an American Icon. From his rise to prominence as a promising young novelist, to his free-wheeling lifestyle in Europe, to his death in obscurity and re-evaluation, his life is known to aspire writers today and in the past, and is a source of equal parts inspiration and sympathy. (pg 1) Aside from having
achieve such prestige was F. Scott Fitzgerald. Through works such as The Great Gatsby, Tender is the Night, and “Bernice Bobs Her Hair,” Fitzgerald established himself as one of the greatest authors of the American Jazz Age. In his most famous work, The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald provides a powerful image of the Jazz Age through his depiction of its rampant immorality. He also conveys his belief in the futility of pursuing the American dream. By looking at Fitzgerald’s life and the time period in
Period 2 27 January 2015 Rough Draft Many authors use their personal experiences to create the world that their book shows. F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of these authors and wrote The Great Gatsby as a mirror to his own life, as it can be seen that there are many connections between the life of Fitzgerald and the live of the characters. The first similarity between Fitzgerald’s life and the world of The Great Gatsby is the setting. Besides the fact that the cities that were presented in the book like
1920, Scribner’s publishing house released “This Side of Paradise,” the debut novel by author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book sold out its first print run in only three days, vaulting the 23-year-old writer to literary stardom. Fitzgerald would spend spent the rest of the 1920s and 30s chronicling the excesses of the “Jazz Age” in short story collections and novels like “The Great Gatsby” and “Tender is the Night.” Along the way, he struggled with alcoholism and engaged in an emotionally fraught love affair