Fitzgerald Flashcards

Was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Was born in St. Paul Minnesota

Born into a family with high social aspirations, but little money.

Entered Princeton University in 1913.

"This Side of Paradise" (1920)

Was in the army

Married Zelda Sayre- a southern belle

Travelled in NY and Europe

Spent his money recklessly

"The Great Gatsby" (1925)

The Novel emphasized Fitzgeralds love for wealth.

Was writing a novel "The Last Tycoon" when he died of a heart attack in 1940.

Zelda had mental illnesses

He produced short stories

He publshed "Tender is the Night" (1934)

"Tender is the Night" reflects Fitzgerald's growing awarenedd of the tradgedy that can result from an obsession with wealth and social status.

Was writing a novel "The Last Tycoon" when he died of a heart attack in 1940.

He publshed "Tender is the Night" (1934)

Born on September 24, 1896.

Both of Fitzgerald's parents were Catholic.

During 1911-1913 he attended the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey, where he met Father Sigourney Fay, who encouraged his ambitions for personal distinction and achievement.

Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, who was born in October 1921.

Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, but he always wrote sober.

Zelda had an affair with a French avaitor.

In 1928, Zelda decided to become a ballerina.

F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure.

By 1960, he had achieved a secure place among America's writers.

Winter Dreams was Fitzgerald's rough draft for The Great Gatsby.

Zelda was 48 when she died

Fitzgerald's ancestry was Southern and Irish descent

He was given 3 names like Francis Scott Key, the writer of the star spangled banner, to whom Fitzgerald was distantly related.

Fitzgerald began writing at St. Paul Academy.

He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army.

His first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.

Between 1911-1913 he attended Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey.

After joining the army he was promoted to luitenant.

The Saturday Evening Post became Fitzgerald’s best story market, and he was regarded as a “Post writer.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is best known for his novels and short stories which chronicle the excesses of America's 'Jazz Age' during the 1920s

Zelda was 48 when she died

Fitzgerald's ancestry was Southern and Irish descent

He was given 3 names like Francis Scott Key, the writer of the star spangled banner, to whom Fitzgerald was distantly related.

Fitzgerald began writing at St. Paul Academy.

He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, is thought by many to be the definitive novel of the 1920s.

Here he mingled with the monied classes from the Eastern Seaboard who so obsessed him for the rest of his life.

This fascinating era, know also as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age, was a time of great social, economic, and cultural change in America, all of which is reflected throughout the novel through by a number of parties, both large and small.

His father, Edward, was from Maryland, with an allegiance to the Old South and its values.

Fitzgerald’s mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, was the daughter of an Irish immigrant who became wealthy as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul.

The family was Catholic.

Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in upstate New York.

After Fitzgerald's father was dismissed in 1908, when his son was twelve, the family returned to St. Paul and lived comfortably on Mollie Fitzgerald’s inheritance.

Fitzgerald's forst writing to appear in print was when he was 13.

Father Sigourney Fay. encouraged Fitzgerald to persue his writing career.

Fitzgerald was a member of the Princeton clas of 1917, but he often neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship.

Wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals and was a contributor to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and the Nassau Literary Magazine.

Fitzgerald was put on academic probation until graduation

While on probation he was commissoned as 2nd Luitenant in the army

June 1918, Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan in Montgomery Alabama

At Camp Sheridan he met Zelda Sayre and fell in love with her

Zelda was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Justice

She didn't want to marry Fitzgerald because he didn't have money.

The war ended as Fitzgerald was about to be sent overseas

In 1919, he went to New York City to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda.

Zelda didn't want to wait while Fitzgerald made his fortune so she broke off the engagement.

This Side of Paradise- 1919

Career aspirations and love dissappointments of Amory Blaine

This Side of Paradise- portrays Zelda and Fitzgerald

Fitzgerlad was published in the Saturday Evening Post and became regarded as a "Post" writer

After This Side of Paradise was published Fitzgerald became famous overnight.

Zelda married him a week later

Zelda became pregnant on their 1st trip to Europe in 1921

Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories

Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, but claims he always wrote sober.

Fitzgerlad and Zelda often had fights, which were usually brought upon by their drinking.

He wrote The Great Gatsby during the summer and fall in Valescure near St. Raphael, but their marriage was damaged by Zelda’s involvement with a French naval aviator.

Sales of The Great Gatsby were disappointing, but play and movie rights brought in additional income.