o become her own person. She decides to do this by becoming a ballerina. The couple bought the Ellerslie mansion, a 27-bedroom home, in Delaware and Zelda resumes her ballet studies here. By 1928, F. Scott's drinking worsens and he describes the year as "drinking and general unpleasantness" and "general aimlessness and boredom" (www.zeldafitzgerald.com). Zelda begins to practice ballet so intensely that she stops only for water, throughout the next year or two; Zelda begins to show signs of mental illness and fatigue. She had sudden outbursts of laughter for no apparent reason and attempted to drive herself off a cliff on a few occasions. In 1930, Zelda has her first breakdown and F. Scott is forced to place her a clinic for a short time. However, one year later, she is diagnosed as a schizophrenic and remains in a !
             clinic for almost a year. Upon release, the Fitzgeralds move back to Alabama permanently, however, Zelda would have several more breakdowns wi
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