While the novel is loved by almost all who read it, it is fully understood by few, for to fully understand "Gatsby- one must know its author as well. ... While at Princeton he wrote lyrics for musicals that the Triangle Club, Princeton's theater group, would perform. ... Like Fitzgerald, Gatsby falls in love with a beautiful woman while stationed at a military camp in the south. The two men also spent vast amounts of money to please the women they loved. ... Ginevera King was Fitzgerald's first real love, but her family rejected him, again due to his insufficient funds. ...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald wrote for the Nassau Literary Magazine and the Princeton Tiger and wrote scripts and lyrics for Princeton Triangle Club musicals while going to Princeton(Bruccoli). ... Fitzgerald met the first love of his life during Christmas break at the St. ... Then in 1917 while he was serving his country he met the second love of his life, Zelda("F. ... "Fitzgerald's life is a tragic example of both sides of the American Dream - the joys of young love, wealth and success, and the tragedies associated with excess and failure"(Pace, "Fitzgerald"s Life"). ... "He especially loved to provok...

• Word Count: 1307
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Fitzgerald went on to write scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club's musicals and contributed to the Tiger Humor and the Nassau Literary Magazines while attending Princeton University. ... He also fell in love and became engaged to Zelda Sayre, who left him due to his lack of success. ... Daisy abandons Jay, even though she loves him, because he has no money. ... Tom claims to love Daisy yet he is an adulterer and he makes her life miserable. ... Take chances in life and in love and you will be rewarded. ...

• Word Count: 1839
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Gatsby: I think he is a good man and he also fights for what he wants, I admire him for that, because most men don't fight for the girl they want and love anymore... Nick reveals, "I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity" (62). ... The reason I think she is indecisive is because she married Tom, and purposively she loved him, but now that Gatsby is in town and she is starting to see more of him she is starting to be torn between the two of them. ... Triangles: the effects of jealousy are different on Tom, Gatsby and Myrtle. ... Still More Biographical Fa...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School