Beautiful Girls and Army Boys F. Scott Fitzgerald is not a creative, original man. His most successful book was based on his life. There are bits of him in all of the male characters, especially Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby. The role of Daisy is just like his wife Zelda in her adolescent years. The Great Gatsby is basically just their Long Island lives amplified.
Daisy Buchanan’s life is essentially Zelda’s life. “Daisy began to move again with the season; suddenly she was again keeping half a dozen dates a day with half a dozen men…” (158) Daisy, like Zelda, was popular with the boys in high school, and even after high school they adored her. They were both beautiful girls with lines of men at their doorsteps willing to do anything to be
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Paul, Minnesota, likewise that is where where Scott lived when he was growing up. Both their families were well-to-do people in this middle-western city (7). “I was rather literary... I wrote a series… editorials for the ‘Yale News’” (8). Nick was a writer in college, but he gave it up to start a career and sell bonds, while Scott gave up his job to focus on writing. Both men also moved to Long Island in the 20’s. “...we’re descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch...” (7). Nick’s family was proud of their ancestors and where they came from, not matter how far down the line or how distant they were. Scott’s family was extremely proud of where they came from too. Scott’s full name is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and he is named after his second cousin three times removed, Francis Scott Key who wrote The National Anthem.
Now a reader can see that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby by writing about his family’s lives and adding affairs. His life was so dramatic and crazy he did not need to be that creative or original. The Great Gatsby was so successful because it was something relatable that could happen and it was like that because he based it on something real. Therefore, Fitzgerald 's Long Island is amplified in The Great