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Similarities between Characters in the Story and Fitzgerald Like the characters in his novel "The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald live an extravagant life during the Jazz Age in which he partied hard, unaccustomed to his newfound wealth. Fitzgerald simply wrote about the things that so many American's had heard about but never been to; Parties on East Egg with free flowing alcohol, or bootlegging liquor. Fitzgerald's experiences would not had been the same if it wasn't for things that were going on in the 1920's; Prohibition, and a rising stock market with no crash in site. Prohibition made it so people like Gatsby could become millionaires easily by bootlegging alcohol. Fitzgerald lived what he wrote. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1897 and was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Despite being an average student Fitzgerald got into Princeton. Fitzgerald was around the
They both throw lavish parties mainly to impress others (Daisy for Gatsby and Zelda for Fitzgerald). Like Nick, Gatsby moves to the East after World War I. Fitzgerald and Gatsby weren't simply pleased with the American dream they had to show how rich they were and make an impression on others. "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known," Nick said about himself. He grew up in Minnesota and was educated in the Ivy League, then moved to the East after being in the army like Nick. "Her voice is full of money," Gatsby says about Daisy. Nick fought during World War I and Jay Gatsby had once been training to be an officer. Sheilah Graham was a movie columnist that Fitzgerald had fallen in love with while working in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Like Fitzgerald, Nick was infatuated by the wealthy. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald valued wealth and decadence more than anything else. Zelda holds off their wedding until Fitzgerald is wealthier. After having trouble at Princeton Fitzgerald enlisted in the army in 1917. Nick is honest and tends to delay his judgements. same age as most of the important characters in the novel.
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