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    F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940 Author of The Great Gatsby (1925) Member of “The Lost Generation”

  • Fitzgerald’s Life (1896-1940) • F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in the Midwest to a father who had a manufacturing job and a mother who came into an inheritance that allowed them to live comfortably • He attended Princeton University • At the age of eighteen, he fell in love with Zelda Sayre, the daughter in a wealthy, well-established family from Montgomery, Alabama.

  • Fitzgerald’s Life (1896-1940) • Fitzgerald had a keen sense of how money can divide people, saying in a letter to a friend: "That was always my experience-- a poor boy in a rich town; a poor boy in a rich boy's school; a poor boy in a rich man's club at Princeton ... . However, I have never been able to forgive the rich for being rich, and it has colored my entire life and works." -"F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters"

  • Fitzgerald’s Life • Fitzgerald’s life

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    F. scott fitzgerald

  • 1. F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940 Dr. Karen Rose

  • 2. 2 The Lost Generation • Lived through horror of the “War to End All Wars” • Characterized bygd a deep rift with their elder generation • Fitzgerald’s generation felt an absolute break with the standards and ideals with their elders

  • 3. 3 The Lost Generation • Blamed parents for ills in the world • Prohibition • World War I • Scandals of the era • Anger, Betrayal, Loss of Innocence • Rebellious Literature

  • 4. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896. His family lived in a building called the San Mateo Flats in a neighborhood that did not have electricity until 1911. Two sisters, ages one and three, had died from influenza shortly before his birth. Probably because of this, his mother became overly protective. Five years later, Fitzgerald’s sister, Annabelle, was born.

  • 5. His parents, although poor, had some social status. Fitzgerald was named after his second

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    F. Scott Fitzgerald. Birth and Death. Born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota Died December 21, 1940. Childhood. Went to Roman Catholic boarding schools Family lived off his mothers inheritance from the time he was twelve Felt like a poor boy crashing a rich mans party

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