1. F. Scott Fitzgerald
ASPIRATION
WRITING
ALCOHOL
ZELDA
PRINCETON

2. Born in St. Paul,
Went to Prep School (SPA)
Grew up very comfortably
Attended Princeton, almost failed
Joined Military, 1917
Submitted first novel for publication

3. F. Scott Fitzgerald
ASPIRATION
WRITING
ALCOHOL
ZELDA
PRINCETON

4. In 1918 Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama.
He fell in love with a celebrated belle, eighteen-year-old Zelda Sayre, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge.
The romance intensified Fitzgerald’s hopes for the success of his novel, but after revision it was rejected by Scribners for a second time.
The war ended just before he was to be sent overseas; after his discharge in 1919 he went to New York City to seek his fortune in order to marry. Unwilling to wait while Fitzgerald succeeded in the advertisement business and unwilling to live on his small salary, Zelda Sayre broke their engagement.

5. Finally became published in 1919-1920
This Side of Paradise, a novel, made him famous overnight
Married Zelda and traveled the world
Alcohol damaged his reputation

6. Traveled to France and wrote Gatsby in 1924
Moved back to US and Zelda trained as a ballet dancer
In 1930 Zelda was admitted to a mental hospital in
Switzerland for one year, Fitzgerald stayed in a hotel near
her, writing.
She recovered but relapsed and in 1932 was admitted to John Hopkins and spent the rest of her life in outpatient or inpatient treatment.
They spent money carelessly and ended up in debt.
He made some money writing in Hollywood, but he never was financially secure
Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940, believing he was a failure.
Zelda died in a fire at a hospital in 1948

7. Brief Bibliography
Fitzgerald wrote about unfulfilled dreams- impossible worlds.
He wrote about the people who refused to give up on these dreams and the consequences they paid.
Novels:
This Side of Paradise-1920
The Beautiful and the Damned- 1922
The Great Gatsby-1925
Tender is the Night About a man and his schizophrenic wife
He wrote numerous articles and short stories.

8. Gatsby Vocab Page 1 Vulnerable-open to attack, easily swayed
Inclined- the tendency to do something, leaning more one way
Privy- having the knowledge of something secret
Feign- fake
Page 2
Levity- lightness in attitude, flippancy
Marred- blemished, spoiled
Suppression- to keep down, repression. containment
Exempt- excused, off the hook
Scorn- disdain, dislike
Intricate- complicated, complex
Page 4
Solemn- somber, grave, serious
Epigram- witty saying

9. Close Guided Reading
At each pause, write down one or two things you can tell me about the novel, the narrator, or the title character.

10. Literary Terms Review
Metaphor- Comparisons of unlike things (include similes in this)
Connotation- The further meanings of a word, beyond dictionary definition: buck, hot, lost
Imagery- Description
Allusion- A reference to another literary figure or historic event in a piece of literature (in our case, Gatsby)
Symbol
Personification
Tone- How the author uses words to convey the emotion or feeling of a text. There may be more than one tone in a text.

11. Vocab #2 Desolate-27, isolated, barren
Transcendent-27,uplifiting, magnificent
Obscure-27, unclear
Supercilious-28, arrogant
Stout-29, plump
Languid-34, relaxed, leisurely
Ambiguously-39, vaguely, obscurely
Deft-41, skillful, adroit