Fitzgerald understood hard work, to get ahead in life, and money to live a happy joyful life "wealth, he saw, was important too because wealth alone makes it possible for a man actually to live the life the imagination conceives" (Mizener 77). ... In Fitzgerald's adult life he became broke and owed debts. ... Many if not all characters were formed from true-life people. ... Jordan Baker was a great golf champ. Fitzgerald based Baker on the 1923 Women's Golf Champ, Edith Cummings. ...

• Word Count: 1897
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This can be seen through how Jordan Baker's name refers to two 'twenties car manufacturers, and other references, such as "the Baedeker girls" of Baedeker Travel Guide Fame, or "the Chrysties," presumably of Christie's Auctioning Fame. ... Roger Lewis writes that this was "poignancy further increased by the futility of his money in achieving this end", and this echoes parts of Fitzgerald's life, as he couldn't originally marry the woman he loved because he lacked wealth, and nowadays, it would be unheard of. ... Reinforced by the ideas of...

• Word Count: 1663
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate