F Scott Fitzgerald Research Paper
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward Fitzgerald and Mary McQuillan. His first novels lead him into success. He met his wife on a military camp. After many years of drinking, his wife fell into mental breakdowns. Fitzgerald died at 44 of a heart attack.
Family
Francis Scott’s dad was Edward Fitzgerald. Edward owned a furniture business until it eventually failed. After it failed he became a salesman for Procter and Gambo to keep his family on their feet. This job caused them to move back and forth for the first 10 years of Francis’ life. Edward later lost his job in 1908 and they moved back to St. Paul. F. Scott was raised by Mary McQuillan whom was his mother. She was raised by an irish-catholic family. The family owned a whole-sale grocer in Minnesota. When Francis was 12 years old his father lost his new job. They soon moved back to St. Paul and lived of his mother’s inheritance from the grocery store company. She had inherited a small fortune. They continued to live here until Frances finally continued his education in University.
College
F. Scott went to school at Princeton University. There he studied literature and continued writing as much as he could. In 1917 Frances got placed on academic probation. When placed on academic probation there …show more content…
becomes a chance you probably will not graduate having such a record such as academic probation. This made Frances feel very discouraged so he decided to drop out of college in the same year. He decided to start a career in the military.
Military
F. Scott enlisted with the military in 1917. In the military he got as high a rank as second lieutenant in the infantry. He was later assigned to a base by the name of Camp Sheridan. It was located in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. This base is where he met his wife Zelda Sayre. Zelda was the daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. The war ended just before he was sent overseas in 1919. This caused him to be discharged and he moved to New York City.
Career
In New York F. Scott looked for a way to become rich in order to marry Zelda. Zelda became inpatient waiting on him to become rich and she was not willing to live on a small salary. After all of this she decided she could not wait on him to become wealthy so she broke of the engagement. This really devastated Frances. He kept working in hopes to convince Zelda to marry him. He only kept this job for a short period of time before moving back to St. Paul to continue working on his novel.
This Side of Paradise was a novel which he wrote before his military service. He had someone read over it on the base, but it was refused. No one would publish it. So when he moved back to St. Paul he decided to rewrite this novel. Maxwell Perkins finally decided to publish his book in September. In 1919 he started writing for magazines. His fist novels included, “The Offshore Pirate” and “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” Fitzgerald’s more famous stories were, “May Day” and “The Diamond as big as the Ritz.” This Side of Paradise was finally published on March 26, 1920 and he became famous very soon. A week later he married Zelda Sayre. After they spent their summer in Westport, Connecticut, the couple purchased an apartment in New York City. Shortly after, he wrote his second famous novel, The Beautiful and Damned. Their son was born in October of 1921 who was named Frances Scott. He continued his writing career until he finally made his best novel of all, The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby
F.
Scott Fitzgerald is a celebrity in the 1920’s. He is known presently for the Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was his most important novel; it made him a celebrity and a historical figure. The Great Gatsby was published in 1921. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald's best work. Although the book became very popular when it was published, it was not until the 1950s and ‘60s that it reached its importance and really represented the "Roaring Twenties.” Not only was it F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular novel but it was one of the most popular novels ever written. After the Great Gatsby glory started to come to an end, Fitzgerald’s life became a
mess.
Later in Life Shortly after The Great Gatsby was released Fitzgerald lost control and began to drink uncontrollably. He became an alcoholic. Zelda also was diagnosed with a mental disorder. She was treated by staff at at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland. The same year she was admitted to a mental health clinic in Switzerland. The next year she was treated at Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. After another two years of drowning in alcohol and depression, in 1937 Fitzgerald attempted to revive his career as a screenwriter. He flew to Hollywood. This attempt failed. When he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940, at the age of 44, in Hollywood, California he was working on a script for The Love of the Last Tycoon.
Family
Francis Scott’s dad was Edward Fitzgerald. Edward owned a furniture business until it eventually failed. After it failed he became a salesman for Procter and Gambo to keep his family on their feet. This job caused them to move back and forth for the first 10 years of Francis’ life. Edward later lost his job in 1908 and they moved back to St. Paul. F. Scott was raised by Mary McQuillan whom was his mother. She was raised by an irish-catholic family. The family owned a whole-sale grocer in Minnesota. When Francis was 12 years old his father lost his new job. They soon moved back to St. Paul and lived of his mother’s inheritance from the grocery store company. She had inherited a small fortune. They continued to live here until Frances finally continued his education in University.
College
F. Scott went to school at Princeton University. There he studied literature and continued writing as much as he could. In 1917 Frances got placed on academic probation. When placed on academic probation there …show more content…
becomes a chance you probably will not graduate having such a record such as academic probation. This made Frances feel very discouraged so he decided to drop out of college in the same year. He decided to start a career in the military.
Military
F. Scott enlisted with the military in 1917. In the military he got as high a rank as second lieutenant in the infantry. He was later assigned to a base by the name of Camp Sheridan. It was located in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. This base is where he met his wife Zelda Sayre. Zelda was the daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. The war ended just before he was sent overseas in 1919. This caused him to be discharged and he moved to New York City.
Career
In New York F. Scott looked for a way to become rich in order to marry Zelda. Zelda became inpatient waiting on him to become rich and she was not willing to live on a small salary. After all of this she decided she could not wait on him to become wealthy so she broke of the engagement. This really devastated Frances. He kept working in hopes to convince Zelda to marry him. He only kept this job for a short period of time before moving back to St. Paul to continue working on his novel.
This Side of Paradise was a novel which he wrote before his military service. He had someone read over it on the base, but it was refused. No one would publish it. So when he moved back to St. Paul he decided to rewrite this novel. Maxwell Perkins finally decided to publish his book in September. In 1919 he started writing for magazines. His fist novels included, “The Offshore Pirate” and “Bernice Bobs Her Hair.” Fitzgerald’s more famous stories were, “May Day” and “The Diamond as big as the Ritz.” This Side of Paradise was finally published on March 26, 1920 and he became famous very soon. A week later he married Zelda Sayre. After they spent their summer in Westport, Connecticut, the couple purchased an apartment in New York City. Shortly after, he wrote his second famous novel, The Beautiful and Damned. Their son was born in October of 1921 who was named Frances Scott. He continued his writing career until he finally made his best novel of all, The Great Gatsby.
The Great Gatsby
F.
Scott Fitzgerald is a celebrity in the 1920’s. He is known presently for the Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was his most important novel; it made him a celebrity and a historical figure. The Great Gatsby was published in 1921. The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald's best work. Although the book became very popular when it was published, it was not until the 1950s and ‘60s that it reached its importance and really represented the "Roaring Twenties.” Not only was it F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most popular novel but it was one of the most popular novels ever written. After the Great Gatsby glory started to come to an end, Fitzgerald’s life became a
mess.
Later in Life Shortly after The Great Gatsby was released Fitzgerald lost control and began to drink uncontrollably. He became an alcoholic. Zelda also was diagnosed with a mental disorder. She was treated by staff at at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland. The same year she was admitted to a mental health clinic in Switzerland. The next year she was treated at Phipps Psychiatric Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. After another two years of drowning in alcohol and depression, in 1937 Fitzgerald attempted to revive his career as a screenwriter. He flew to Hollywood. This attempt failed. When he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940, at the age of 44, in Hollywood, California he was working on a script for The Love of the Last Tycoon.