Zelda Fitzgerald is the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, but she is also an American novelist. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama and is a “Southern belle”. She acted as the precursor for all the flappers to follow because she was the embodiment of all things modern and new. Considering this, Zelda was a very lively person and who liked to stay out late. “The quintessential flapper, independent Zelda was the muse for many of her husband’s characters in novels and short stories.”(Milford 27). She met her husband at a country club in her hometown of Montgomery while Fitzgerald stayed stationed in the Army base near there. She became Fitzgerald’s muse, but was not content to remain in his shadow. At one point, Zelda Fitzgerald was diagnosed with…show more content… She [Gloria] is described as: “Gloria had been so spoiled in a rather complete and unusual way…” (40). Gloria took advantage of this and was very snotty, and acted as though she was innocent. Although Gloria acts like she's virgin-like, she's been with plenty of men. “The women most closely associated with Gloria are even cheaper than she is…”(Field). The same could be said for Zelda Fitzgerald. Yes, Zelda was known for her literary works, but without being married to Scott Fitzgerald, she wouldn't be the well accomplished author she was. Gloria is also obsessed with her vanity. It is always about her legs, or her dancing, or herself. “I'm a solid block of ice, murmured Gloria...”(28). This shows that she does realize what she has become, so this could foreshadow or be Fitzgerald's view of…show more content… Dot is a simple country girl from Mississippi. Zelda and Dot are both from the South, but Zelda seems a little more complex than Dot. The same way that Zelda meets Scott Fitzgerald in Alabama, Dot meets Anthony in Mississippi. Dot has been with men, but she is not shameful of her past. She is very upfront about it. Dot is always there for Anthony, even though he drinks excessively and loves him the way Gloria cannot. Zelda is the same way, she is there for Scott Fitzgerald through his alcoholism and bad times. “...Zelda Fitzgerald is to challenge the image of her as a willful, privileged lunatic who hindered the work of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. But as his drinking worsened...Fitzgerald was defended by friends such as Ernest Hemingway and John dos Passos, who said he was trying to 'do the best possible thing for Zelda, to handle his drinking and keep a flow of stories into the magazines to raise the enormous sums Zelda's illness cost'.”