Chapter 6 F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Great Gatsby" Finally, I have arrived to the point, when I can write about my favorite writer, and quite possibly the most famous American writer. Born in an upper middle class family in Saint Paul, Minnesota in the year 1896, Scott had a very good childhood. To strengthen and secure his character, his family sent him to a couple of religious schools. In one of them, the Father saw his work and encouraged him to pursue literature. At 21 years old, he enlisted in the army in time for World War I, afraid that his life may end in war he wrote "The Romantic Egotist". It was not the case, his life would start from there, when he met his future wife Zelda Sayre. While in Montgomery, Alabama serving …show more content…
This is the time when Jay, very anxious and nervous explains to Nick his intentions. He tells him that, his cousin Daisy is the love of his life, a woman he lost back in the days when he was young and in the military. Comparing his social status with that of Daisy's, proved that he was not fit to marry her, she wanted a bourgeois type of life, she wanted money, parties, social status, basically millions and millions of dollars. So, even though they were in love, she ended the relationship, and they never saw each other again. Up until now, of course as Nick agrees to invite Daisy to his house. He calls her up, and she agrees to it and before she arrived, Jay kept pacing nervously up and down, fixing his hair all the time, trying to look perfect for the meeting with the love of his life. She gets there, but funnily now, Jay goes out changing his mind, out in the rain. Nick, furious about the complicated process it took for this meeting, advises him to get back inside and meet Daisy again. He gets back inside, like a soaked little duck and finally he meets her, old feelings and memories intercede, and his love for Daisy is reignited again. They go back to his mansion, and