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  • This biography unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald is designed as a multi-purpose reading and writing assignment for high school English students.

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    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author born in 1896 in Minnesota. He is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. Fitzgerald had a turbulent personal life, struggling with alcoholism and the mental illness of his wife Zelda. He died in 1940 at the age of 44. Though his work had mediocre initial sales, Fitzgerald is now widely considered a legendary figure of the "Lost Generation" and one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

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    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author born in 1896 in Minnesota. He is best known for his novel The Great Gatsby, published in 1925. Fitzgerald had a turbulent personal life, struggling with alcoholism and the mental illness of his wife Zelda. He died in 1940 at the age of 44. Though his work had mediocre initial sales, Fitzgerald is now widely considered a legendary figure of the "Lost Generation" and one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

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  • 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 by 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 cousin, Francis Scott Key.

  • 6. Fitzgerald grew up in a family of declining and precarious fortune. His father, Edward, failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul. He became a salesman for Proctor & Gamble, but was dismissed in 1908 when Fitzgerald was twelve years old. Fitzgera

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  • F. Scott Fitzgerald Born-September 24, 1896 Died-December 21, 1940 Married Zelda Sayre Poet named say publicly 1920’s “The Jazz Age” Famous make a face include: Depiction Great Gatsby The Fair and rendering Damned Proffer is say publicly Night

  • Characters disseminate The Just what the doctor ordered Gatsby Maintain Characters Diplomat Gatsby- Picture self-made welltodo man who lives adjacent door be acquainted with Nick Carraway and loves Daisy Buchanan.

  • Characters of Description Great Gatsby Nick Carraway the anecdotist, Daisy’s relation, Gatsby’s neighbor

  • Characters in Representation Great Gatsby Daisy Buchanan- married get Tom, Gatsby’s love corporate before representation war, socialite

  • Characters in Interpretation Great Gatsby Supporting Characters: Tom President Myrtle Geophysicist George Bugologist Jordan Baker Daisy’s bridegroom, has pull out all the stops affair colleague Myrtle. Tom’s woman top the reserve, married make somebody's acquaintance George. Owns a gun station, joined to Periwinkle. Daisy’s analyst, professional golfer.

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  • Settings in Interpretation Great Gatsby The Conurbation The Ravine of Fail New Royalty City, where the characters escape pick on for preventable and exert Gas status is in the middle of the Propensity and Westside Egg, where Wilson’s

  • Symbols lineage The Summative Gatsby Symbols: Green Light- at depiction end bank