Fitzgerald

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Scott
Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald is in many ways one of the most important American writers
of the twentieth century. In his first novel, This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald
epitomized the mindset of an era with the statement that his generation had,
“grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, and all faiths in man
shaken…”(Fitzgerald 307). Aside from being a major literary voice of the
twenties and thirties, Fitzgerald was also among “The Lost Generation’s”
harshest and most insightful social critics. In his classic novel The Great
Gatsby, Fitzgerald blatantly criticized the immorality, materialism, and
hedonism which characterized the lifestyles of America’s bourgeois during the
nineteen-twenties. Collectively, Fitzgerald’s novels and short stories provide
some of the best insight into the lifestyles of the rich during America’s most
prosperous era, while simultaneously examining major literary themes such as
disillusionment, coming of age, and the corruption of the American Dream. The
life of F. Scott Fitzgerald is marked by as much, if not more, romanticism and
tragedy than his novels. Throughout Fitzgerald’s life, he unsuccessfully
battled alcoholism, depression, and himself, in a quest for both personal and
literary identity. At the age of twenty-three, Fitzgerald published his first
novel, This Side of Paradise, to critical raves and unimaginable economic
success. Shortly after the publishing of this novel, Fitzgerald was able to
coerce Zelda Sayre into marriage. This marriage is manifestly the most
significant event of his life—eventually, Zelda would not only expedite, but
essentially, cause the personal and literary downfall of Fitzgerald. Upon
marriage, and also coinciding with the pinnacle of Fitzgerald’s fame, Scott
and Zelda began living a life of wasteful extravagance that was often
characterized by recklessly drunken behavior. In order to maintain this
lifestyle, Fitzgerald was forced to put aside working on novels, and focus his
creative efforts on penning lucrative, but by no means extraordinary, short
stories. Throughout their marriage, Zelda put constant economic, as well as,
emotional strains on Fitzgerald. She encouraged his short story writing, as well
as his drinking, and was continually swaying his focus from writing to
socializing. Also, Zelda’s eventual mental breakdown triggered Scott’s own
series of nervous breakdowns. Because of these factors, Zelda is often
considered the prime instigator of Fitzgerald’s literary and...

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