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1、TheGreatGatsbyContextFRANCISSCOTTKEYFITZGERALDWASBORNonSeptember24,1896,andnamedafterhisancestorFrancisScottKey,theauthorof“TheStar-SpangledBanner.”FitzgeraldwasraisedinSt.Paul,Minnesota.Thoughanintelligentchild,hedidpoorlyinschoolandwassenttoaNewJerseyboardingschoo
2、lin1911.Despitebeingamediocrestudentthere,hemanagedtoenrollatPrincetonin1913.Academictroublesandapathyplaguedhimthroughouthistimeatcollege,andhenevergraduated,insteadenlistinginthearmyin1917,asWorldWarIneareditsend.Fitzgeraldbecameasecondlieutenant,andwasstationedat
3、CampSheridan,inMontgomery,Alabama.Therehemetandfellinlovewithawildseventeen-year-oldbeautynamedZeldaSayre.Zeldafinallyagreedtomarryhim,butheroverpoweringdesireforwealth,fun,andleisureledhertodelaytheirweddinguntilhecouldproveasuccess.WiththepublicationofThisSideofPa
4、radisein1920,Fitzgeraldbecamealiterarysensation,earningenoughmoneyandfametoconvinceZeldatomarryhim.ManyoftheseeventsfromFitzgerald’searlylifeappearinhismostfamousnovel,TheGreatGatsby,publishedin1925.LikeFitzgerald,NickCarrawayisathoughtfulyoungmanfromMinnesota,educa
5、tedatanIvyLeagueschool(inNick’scase,Yale),whomovestoNewYorkafterthewar.AlsosimilartoFitzgeraldisJayGatsby,asensitiveyoungmanwhoidolizeswealthandluxuryandwhofallsinlovewithabeautifulyoungwomanwhilestationedatamilitarycampintheSouth.Havingbecomeacelebrity,Fitzgeraldfe
6、llintoawild,recklesslife-styleofpartiesanddecadence,whiledesperatelytryingtopleaseZeldabywritingtoearnmoney.Similarly,Gatsbyamassesagreatdealofwealthatarelativelyyoungage,anddevoteshimselftoacquiringpossessionsandthrowingpartiesthathebelieveswillenablehimtowinDaisy’
7、slove.AsthegiddinessoftheRoaringTwentiesdissolvedintothebleaknessoftheGreatDepression,however,ZeldasufferedanervousbreakdownandFitzgeraldbattledalcoholism,whichhamperedhiswriting.HepublishedTenderIstheNightin1934,andsoldshortstoriestoTheSaturdayEveningPosttosupporth
8、islavishlifestyle.In1937,heleftforHollywoodtowritescreenplays,andin1940,whileworkingonhisnovelTheLoveoftheLastTycoon,diedofaheartattackatt
