F. Scott Fitzgerald can easily be regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Despite having many pieces published without much recognition, The Great Gatsby proved to be his greatest novel and one of the best pieces of that time period.
Fitzgerald first began writing small stories and such for his high school newspaper. After graduating high school, he attended Princeton. World War I hit within his first years there. With being on academic probation, he decided to enlist in the army. At one of the locations, he met a woman named Zelda who he knew he had to turn into his wife. She, however, wouldn't commit to him unless he was financially stable to support her. Fitzgerald's piece, The Side of Paradise, made him much money. He then moved to France for inspiration on his next piece, with his last one becoming very popular, very quickly he needed to up his game and be able provide for his wife, Zelda. A year later, The Great Gatsby was published. He felt comfortable with the amount of money he had made at that point that he asked her to marry him. They wed and had a child together. Though, after the success of Gatsby, he wasn't able to produce something as great after. He ventured off to Hollywood to make scripts for movies and shows attempting to come up with enough money to produce a piece as great at Gatsby. Sadly, he passed away from a heart attack while in the middle of another piece.
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