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2 The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald

3 Born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald 1896, St. Paul, Minnesota Attended Princeton University; left to join army in 1917 Beginning jobs: –Wrote short stories for The Saturday Evening Post (“Bernice Bobs Her Hair”) –Screenwriter in Hollywood

4 F. Scott Fitzgerald 1st book--This Side of Paradise (1920) Married Zelda Sayre (eventually) Became expatriates

5 The Great Gatsby “I want to write something new--something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned.” 1950’s--became a best seller

6 Gatsby Characters

7 Setting--East Egg vs. West Egg West=Wealth –Gatsby –Nick East –Daisy/Tom –Jordan –Dr. TJ Eckleberg –Valley of Ashes

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9 The Roaring 20’s--The Jazz Age Rapid wealth Prohibition--18th Amendment Settling of urban dwellers Flappers Night Life

10 Themes –The American Dream declines –Upper Class Shallowness Things to Watch for –Weather –Color –Geography

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