Fitzgerald's Life In The Great Gatsby

Many writers are miserable their entire lives, but most people have no idea why. Generally, they live a hard life due to the fact that being a writer is neither a steady job nor normally a well paying one. Being an author is an arduous task that has caused many people’s lives to end up in hardship, or face down in a ditch. F. Scott Fitzgerald led a very difficult life because of his early life, family, bad habits, and issues with his writing. Mister Fitzgerald is an iconic writer due to his famous book, “The Great Gatsby,” but his life was took an unfortunate turn for the worst. First of all, Fitzgerald had a difficult life during his early years as a writer (Willet 2). Fitzgerald struggled to publish his novels at a reputable publisher that would bring him any recognition (Willet 2). Initially, he could only convince newspapers to let him print short stories in the newspaper (Willet 2). Adding to his frustration, Fitzgerald’s first novel, “The Romantic Egoist,” had to be rewritten three times before it would be published as “This Side of Paradise” (Willet 2). Fitzgerald was also under pressure from his girlfriend to succeed (Willet 2). Zelda

Scott Fitzgerald had a plethora of bad habits that led to problems with his writing (Willet 3) Fitzgerald had serious drinking problems that started at the peak of his career in 1925 (Willet 3). His wives infidelity and mental issues caused him to become an alcoholic (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” 3). On top of that, the stress of being a father to his child without a sane wife exacerbated his alcoholism (Willet 3). Another one of his bad habits is filling his book with grammatical errors (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” 8). Fitzgerald often misused words as malapropisms, which is a similar sounding word with a different meaning (“F. Scott Fitzgerald” 8). He would usually be found using words like “vicarious” for “vagarious,” which led to agitating many of the more harsh critics of his day (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”