The Great Gatsby
The character Jay Gatsby in the novel The Great Gatsby can be comparedto the author, F. Scott Fitzgerald who wrote the book. It seems as if in a wayFitzgerald is somewhat telling the story of his early life through Jay Gatsby.Gatsby and Fitzgerald's lives are very much alike in the most important aspects.Fitzgerald may have used his imagination to spice his life up with elegant parties, big money spenders and many affairs and betrayals. A brief description of Fitzgerald's life would make this essay moreunderstandable as to why Fitzgerald and Gatsby are so much alike. Fitzgerald wasborn in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24th 1892. His father was fromMaryland and his mother was the daughter of a Irish immigrant. Fitzgerald,unlikely to graduate from Princeton, joined the army in 1917. In June 1918Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, that iswhere he fell in love with Zelda Sayre. Later they became engaged and unwillingto live on Fitzgerald's small salary, as an advertiser, she broke off thearrangements. When Fitzgerald finally sold one of his books he became a richcelebrity almost overnight. A week later he married Zelda. Fitzgerald was an
Gatsby is the rich, majestic, protagonist of the novel. Daisy was the rich girl that he had fellin love with during his time in the military. Just like Fitzgerald, Gatsby was alsounable to marry Daisy because of similar conditions. This was a key part of Fitgerald's life and he obviously thoughtso if he were to write about it in his novel. Gatsbywas also in the military fighting overseas in WWI. He only gives clues that leadup to this theory. Back in the roaring twenties if one inheritedhia money and came from a rich family one would have more friends and morepopularity. Fitzgerald died believing that he was a failure, and wasrenowned as an extreme alcoholic. This is not much of a similarity between Gatsby andFitzgerald, yet a difference. Although Gatsby made his money through illegalmeans he still made the money to become rich. Now that Fitzgerald was rich and famous Zelda couldmarry him and she did. Gatsby seemed to be less fortunate than Fitzgerald because hewasn't famous, in fact he was looked down upon, especially by Tom, because hemade his money illegally. Gatsby and Fitzgerald have one really big personality trait. Neither Fitzgerald or Gatsby were as popular as they would havebeen nowadays. These were bothbig ways that they started making money and they both happened at the same time.
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