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- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald born on St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24th, 1896
- He was named after his father
- He wrote the National Anthem

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- After his father's failure as a manufacturer, they lived off of Mollie Fitzgerald's inheritance.
- His first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper at age 13.

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- He attended the Princeton class of 1917 and wrote scripts and lyrics for Princeton Triangle Club musicals.
- He was a contributor to the "Princeton Tiger" humor magazine and "Nassau Literary Magazine".
- When he failed school, he joined the army

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- He was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama. He fell in love with Zelda Sayre. Their romance gave Fitzgerald greater hope for his novel's success but it was rejected a second time by the Scribners.

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- Fitzgerald's first novel "This Side of Paradise" was published at 24 years old, becoming almost famous overnight.
- A week later he married Zelda Sayre in New York.

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- Fitzgerald's first novel "The Beautiful and Damned
-Scott and Zelda's first and only childs name was Frances Scott (nickname: Scottie) Fitzgerald.

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- The Fitzgerald's moved to Great Neck, Long Island in order to be near Broadway.

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-The Fitzgerald's faced financal hardships, although he wrote his way out of debt with short stories. Distractions of Great Nack and New York prevented him for making progress on his third novel. He became a alcoholic but wrote sober. His wife, Zelda, frequently got "tight", but wasn't an alcoholic. There were domestic rows, caused by the frequent drinking.
- Fitzgerald referred to this year (1921) as the Jazz Age

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-Fitzgerald went to seek tranquility for his work so he traveled to France during the spring, he was able to write his novel “The Great Gatsby during this time.

-Fitzgerald met the famous author Ernest Hemingway;  he was able to form a large friendship that was based on the admiration Fitzgerald held for Ernest Hemingway personality and genius.

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-After returning from Europe, Zelda began to train for ballet, as she intended to become a professional dancer. This had caused a major strain to her health.

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-Most of Fitzgerald’s income come from 160 magazine stories

-Scott and Zelda had money problems as they would spend money faster than he had been earning it, although he wrote eloquently about the effects of money to characters, he wasn’t able to restrain using his finances.

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-Zelda during February suffered a relapse, entering the John Hopkins Hospital located in Baltimore.

-Zelda spent the rest of her life as a resident or an outpatient of sanitariums. She also during the time she was a patient at John Hopkins Hospital she wrote her autobiographical novel “Save Me the Waltz”, which generated considerable bitterness between the Fitzgerald’s.

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-Fitzgerald’s fourth novel was called “Tender Is the Night”, although this was his most ambitious book examining the deterioration of Dick Diver, who was a brilliant American psychiatrist and during the course of his marriage to a wealthy mental patient, it was a commercial failure.

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-This period is known as the “Crack-up” from the title of an essay written by Fitzgerald in 1936. During this period, he was ill, drunk, in debt, and unable to write commercial stories, while living in hotels in a region near Asheville Baltimore, meaning he did not maintain a home for Scottie.

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-Fitzgerald went to Hollywood in the summer with a six month Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer screenwriting contract, in this contract he received $1,000 a week.

-Fitzgerald fell in love in California with movie columnist Sheilah Graham.

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-Fitzgerald was writing “The Love of the Last Tycoon” during the time of his death. He had written more than half of a working draft.

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-Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in Sheilah Graham’s apartment.

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-Fitzgerald died believing he was a failure, but is now known as one of the greatest writers of all time. He became a big success after his death securing a place amongst Americans enduring writers. This is shown with The Great Gatsby which is a prime example of a classic American novel, this novel examined the theme of aspiration in a American setting.