By Victoria Davis

The Tales of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Early Life 1896 born in St Paul,

Minnesota of mixed Southern and Irish descent.

given three names after the writer of The Star Spangled Banner, to whom he was distantly related.

entered Princeton University on 1913, where he failed to become a football hero, and left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army.

started to write at St. Paul Academy.first published story, 'The Mystery of the

Raymond Mortgage' appeared in 1909 in Now and Then.

Wrote many screen writes and plays while attending Princeton University

Also acted in many.Played a phenomenal woman.

Early Works

Fitzgerald’s Zelda turning point in his life was

when he met Zelda Sayre in 1918, an aspiring writer.

Sayre was known as The Queen Flapper.

youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge.

Fitzgerald married Zelda in 1920.

debts started to grow, and Zelda discovered that she was pregnant in 1921.

Consumption of alcohol is HEAVY! In debt All day Parties are constant Careless attitude Flappers- women with shirt hair and short skirts who

carried themselves in a flirty demeanor. Dance clubs and speakeasies are very popular.

The Fitzgerald’s 1920 Lifestyle

The publication of his first novel, This Side of Paradise made the twenty-four-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight.

At the end of the story the main character finds that his own egoism has been the cause of his unhappiness.

Third and best –selling novel was his BIGGEST success.

Major Works

Zelda loses her mind.Has to be put in a crazy institute.Later dies in a fire at the institute on 1948.Fitzgerald grows desperate and lonely.Consumes more alcohol.Fitzgerald dies in 1940 of a failed and

unhealthy heart.

Tragic Endings

Success After DeathFitzgerald’s amazing

talent wasn’t recognized until a few years after his death.

Later, his talent is celebrated with a stamp with his face on it.

Statue in Rich Park located in St. Paul Minnesota.