F.Scott Fitzgerald

The 1920s also know as the jazz age times were also wild and Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was its king. Although he lived a very luxurious lifestyles of anyone during the decade he was know for his prominent works of literature. His literature is still popular to this day and has been in the American classics of literature.Fitzgerald was born on September 29, 1896in St Paul.He was given his name to honor his ancestor who wrote the National Anthem. In school Fitzgerald wrote for the newspaper.


In school he met Father Sigourney Fay who encouraged him to continue his passion for writing. After he entered Princeton University, where he mastered on his writing abilities by writing for the school media.But he forgot about his studies and was put on academic probation. In 1917, Fitzgerald joined the army to fight in the World War that was going on. He was assigned to Camp Sheridan in Alabama. There he meet Zelda Sayre and fell in love with her and ask her to marry him.But she turned him down cause he wasn't successful enough.

Fitzgerald then went back to St. Paul to begin work on his novel: This Side of Paradise. His novel got published in 1920 and it was a success. He had gained the kind of success and the money that he had always wanted for so long. Not long after that him and Zelda Sayre got married. Luxurious parties were common in the Fitzgerald s' home especially among his wife Zelda, which triggered many domestic rows. He was tired of it and moved to France in 1924 to work on the Novel The Great When the novel was being published in 1925 i was a disaster but theater and movie deals brought in more income. Fitzgerald had secured a place in literary history as one of the most prominent writers ever.