Compare the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald with that of the main characters in 'The Great Gatsby'?

Many characters in the Great Gatsby parralell Fitzgeralds life. For example, Daisy, the women Jay Gatsby has been basing his whole life on, is similar to Zelda Sayre, who would not marry Fitzgerald at first because of his lack of success To add on to that, F. Scott Fitzgerald lived in Great Neck, Long Island after his first child was born.At the time, the Great Neck was home to many of the wealthiest people on Long Island.

A scholar has proven that there are many similarities between the Great Neck and the West Egg Gatsby and Fitzgerald both met vital women to their lives at dances, and both while they were stationed at camps in the army Gatsby met Daisy at Camp Taylor in Illinois, where they danced and fell in love. However, after Gatsby went off to war, they never got back together again Fitzgerald met his wife, Zelda, at Camp Sheridan in Alabama. Instead of going off to war (his regiment was ready to go to Europe, but the Armistace came before they could leave the States), he went to New York to get enough money to marry Zelda In the movie version, Daisy tells Gatsby that "Rich girls don't marry poor boys.

" This line was taken straight out of Fitzgerald's life. The father of his first love, a young woman by the name of Ginevra King, supposedly told him that after Fitzgerald asked for Ginevra's hand in marriage There are many other similarities between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatz (Gatsby)- keep your eyes out for them!

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