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1、ContextFrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldwasbornonSeptember24,1896,andnamedafterhisancestorFrancisScottKey,theauthorof“TheStar-SpangledBanner.”FitzgeraldwasraisedinSt.Paul,Minnesota.Thoughanintelligentchild,hedidpoorlyinschoolandwassenttoaNewJerseyboardingschoolin1911.Despitebeingamediocrestudentthere

2、,hemanagedtoenrollatPrincetonin1913.Academictroublesandapathyplaguedhimthroughouthistimeatcollege,andhenevergraduated,insteadenlistinginthearmyin1917,asWorldWarIneareditsend.Fitzgeraldbecameasecondlieutenant,andwasstationedatCampSheridan,inMontgomery,Alabama.Therehemetandfellinlovewithawildse

3、venteen-year-oldbeautynamedZeldaSayre.Zeldafinallyagreedtomarryhim,butheroverpoweringdesireforwealth,fun,andleisureledhertodelaytheirweddinguntilhecouldproveasuccess.WiththepublicationofThisSideofParadisein1920,Fitzgeraldbecamealiterarysensation,earningenoughmoneyandfametoconvinceZeldatomarry

4、him.ManyoftheseeventsfromFitzgerald’searlylifeappearinhismostfamousnovel,TheGreatGatsby,publishedin1925.LikeFitzgerald,NickCarrawayisathoughtfulyoungmanfromMinnesota,educatedatanIvyLeagueschool(inNick’scase,Yale),whomovestoNewYorkafterthewar.AlsosimilartoFitzgeraldisJayGatsby,asensitiveyoungm

5、anwhoidolizeswealthandluxuryandwhofallsinlovewithabeautifulyoungwomanwhilestationedatamilitarycampintheSouth.Havingbecomeacelebrity,Fitzgeraldfellintoawild,recklesslife-styleofpartiesanddecadence,whiledesperatelytryingtopleaseZeldabywritingtoearnmoney.Similarly,Gatsbyamassesagreatdealofwealth

6、atarelativelyyoungage,anddevoteshimselftoacquiringpossessionsandthrowingpartiesthathebelieveswillenablehimtowinDaisy’slove.AsthegiddinessoftheRoaringTwentiesdissolvedintothebleaknessoftheGreatDepression,however,ZeldasufferedanervousbreakdownandFitzgeraldbattledalcoholism,whichhamperedhiswriti

7、ng.HepublishedTenderIstheNightin1934,andsoldshortstoriestoTheSaturdayEveningPosttosupporthislavishlifestyle.In1937,heleftforHollywoodtowritescreenplays,andin1940,whileworkingonhisnovelTheLoveoftheLastTycoon,diedofaheartattackattheageofforty-f