F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald


                                        DIANA CHOW

                                        03/25/96


      Welcome to the roaring 1920's!  The Jazz Age. A period within time which

the passive behaviors, beliefs, and purity of the past generations, were tossed

aside to create room for the changes America was about to experience! The birth

of independent voting rights for women, lavishing parties,  and where excitement

was to be found in every corner. This was the era in which the people were

considered the "Lost Generation," and from this environment emerged a eminent

writer of those times. Francis Scott Fitzgerald.

     Born to the calm and submissive atmosphere of St. Paul Minnesota, he

came from a line of highly regarded men and women from his family's past. His

most famous relative by far was Francis Scott Key. The writer of our national

anthem. Though he was certainly the most famous Fitzgerald, his mother was the

most eccentric. Often dressed in miss-matched shoes and had a peculiar behavior,

she at one time stared at a woman whose husband was dying and said: "I'm trying

to decide how you'll look in the mourning."

     "I helped him by encouraging his urge to write adventures. It was also

his best work. He did not shine in his other subjects. It was the pride in his

literary work that put him in his real bent." Recalls his St. Paul Academy

teacher. From that prestigious school he then traveled and began attendance in

Princeton University. Not a promising student he was often late to his classes.

His excuse was once "Sir-it's absurd to expect me to be on time. I'm a

genius!!!" Though the "Princeton years" we not his most memorable, it provided

an outlet for his writing, and talent.

     During his junior year he left Princeton and entered the army in 1917.

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