F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald was an alcoholic writer and his wife, Zelda, spent most of her time in and out of mental institutions. All of this had a profound effect on Fitzgerald, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Through it all, he managed to write an incredibly vast amount of short stories, essays, and novels. Among them, The Great Gatsby: the defining novel of Fitzgerald’s career. This novel, along with many other works of Fitzgerald’s, is widely praised today with its witty lyricism, its incredible descriptiveness, and for its use of symbolism. Fitzgerald grew up during the early 1900’s, and wrote most of his major works during the 1920’s, although he did produce magnificent works during the 1930’s as well (Donaldson 3-18, Cheerer 79).
Fitzgerald fought in WWI and was Second Lieutenant of an infantry. While in the army, he met Zelda Sayre, whom he would fall in love with and marry. Zelda, a beautiful woman and an author herself,...