F. Scott Fitzgerald PowerPoint Study
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This document is a study guide for a pop quiz about F. Scott Fitzgerald and his works like "The Great Gatsby." The study guide features key events, timelines, relationships, and social context of the time.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald PowerPoint - Zelda Fitzgerald broke off their engagement in 1919 because she was unwilling to live on Scott's small salary. - March 26, 1920: This side of Paradise is published, making the 24 year old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight. - One week later, he marri...
F. Scott Fitzgerald PowerPoint - Zelda Fitzgerald broke off their engagement in 1919 because she was unwilling to live on Scott's small salary. - March 26, 1920: This side of Paradise is published, making the 24 year old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight. - One week later, he marries Zelda Sayre in New York. - Scott's drinking increases. He and Zelda fight often. - Summer 1924: Scot starts writing The Great Gatsby. Zelda has a relationship with a French pilot. - April 1925. Gatsby is published. Critical reviews are positive, but sales remain low. - Flapper- young women who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior. - Mass society (radio, advertisements, etc.) are a threat to the individual. - World War 1 (20 million dead) makes people lose faith in God, moral teachings, and codes of conduct. - Many Americans decided to live for pleasure ("hedonism"). - His alcoholism causes her mental state to deteriorate. She has affairs. - 1936-37: Scott drinks, gets into more debt, and lives in hotels near Asheville, NC. Zelda enters a near by hospital. - 1938: He falls in love with Sheilah Graham, a movie columnist. - Dec 21, 1940: Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Graham's apartment. - 1948: Zelda dies in a fire at Highland Hospital - In the 1950s and 60s, The Great Gatsby is rediscovered and goes on to monumental success.
