F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. He had mixed southern and Irish descent in him, which possibly could have been the reason for his radical drinking habits in the 1920’s. His fathers name was Edward Fitzgerald who worked as a salesman down south. This southern gentleman unfortunately lost his furniture business leaving Mary McQuillan, his mother, is charge of all the family expenses. She worked as a whole sale grocer, which while F. Scott Fitzgerald was growing up, moved several times until finally settling down in St Paul in 1918. Just turning 18, F. Scott Fitzgerald fell in love with Ginevra King who was only 16 years-old. In “The Great Gatsby” the character daisy represents ginevra as the young rich girl with no intensions of marrying a man who is less of importance in society then herself. In 1917 F. Scott Fitzgerald drops out of his academic studies and leaves for the military because of his poor grades. While serving for the army F. Scott Fitzgerald never was involved in the actions over seas in France. When the war was over, he ended up meeting a lady by the name of Zelda Sayre, who was an aspiring writer. This was the turning point in his life. The book that F. Scott Fitzgerald is most famous for Is the “The Great Gatsby” published in 1925. F. Scott Fitzgerald received excellent reviews on his book but did not make the money he was expecting to make off of it. Throughout his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald became dependent on alcohol and while his wife Zelda was in the hospital each break down Fitzgerald would have of drinking, would lessen her recovery. F. Scott Fitzgerald died in Hollywood on December 21, 1940. Zelda died 8 years later in 1948