F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the author of The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby was one of the

most famous books that he has ever written. That book was dedicated to his wife Zelda and one

of the main characters, Daisy in The Great Gatsby is supposed to be her. Fitzgerald was born on

September 24, 1896 and he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940. The Love of the Last

Tycoon was the last book he ever wrote before he died. Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, and his wife

Zelda suffered a relapse in February of 1932 and stayed the rest of her life in sanitariums until

she died in a fire at Highland Hospital in 1948. Fitzgerald's real name is Francis Scott Key

Fitzgerald and he was born in Minnesota and died in Hollywood, California. His parent's names

were Edward and Mary. F. Scott Fitzgerald was also in the army, and he joined in 1917 and

became a liutenant in the infantry. He was very famous and was is one of the best writers of his

time. He spent alot of his life living in hotels and he and Zelda spent all their money every time

they got it. The book The Great Gatsby is based off of their love because when Fitzgerald was

young he joined in the army but he discharged from it and he went off to go make a fortune in

order for Zelda to marry him, but she couldn't wait so she broke off the engagement because she

couldn't wait and because he was poor and she couldn't live that way. So Fitzgerald went off to

become rich in order to get her love back and so that they could marry just like Jay Gatsby and

Daisy.

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The Great Gatsby Film Version.

The Great Gatsby has many different films made we have watch the 1974 and the 2000 one.

In the 1974 film version they go more along with the book then with the 2000 one. In this one they have better design and clothes that actually match the era not just a sort-of-rip off. The characters are more like in the book, this is how you would picture them. Except for Daisy she is a bit annoying in this film then in the other.

In the 200 one they foreshadow by showing you stuff from the future and the past. The characters except for Nick are a bit different then how you would picture them in the book. In this version Nick is actually more likable thenin the 74 one but in both versions they capture Nicks character.

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The Green Light

The green light resembles the closeness and that little part that

Gatsby had to being close to Daisy. Gatsby lived in West Egg in a

giant mansion and Daisy lived just across the bay; and during the

night across the bay Gatsby could see that light across the bay

from the dock. That green light meant alot to him, because it was a

way that he knew how close Daisy was to him and he watched that green light almost

everynight. Gatsby moved to West Egg because he was in love with Daisy and because he was

still in love with Daisy after all those years of waiting to see her after he got back from the war.

He moved closer because he was now rich and before she wouldn't marry him because he was

poor. He moved so that he could let her know that he was aliveand so that maybe she would one

night go to one of his fancy paties and that hopefully he would run into her again but that didn't

happen, but he ended up meeting somebody who knew her then he got to meet her again and

they had to be with each other again. Gatsby impressed her with all of his expansive nice things

and his big house and he tried to win her over and get her to leave Tom. That light resembled

their closeness and like in a way hwo that light was always on, it remembled kind of like how

their love was still going on and that they still wanted to be with each other.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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