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1、ContextFrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldwasbornonSeptember24,1896,andnamedafterhisancestorFrancisScottKey,theauthorof“TheStar-SpangledBanner.”FitzgeraldwasraisedinSt.Paul,Minnesota.Thoughanintelligentchild,hedidpoorlyinschoolandwassenttoaNewJerseyboardingschoolin1911.Despitebeingamediocrestudentthe
2、re,hemanagedtoenrollatPrincetonin1913.Academictroublesandapathyplaguedhimthroughouthistimeatcollege,andhenevergraduated,insteadenlistinginthearmyin1917,asWorldWarIneareditsend.Fitzgeraldbecameasecondlieutenant,andwasstationedatCampSheridan,inMontgomery,Alabama.Therehemetandfellinlovewithawi
3、ldseventeen-year-oldbeautynamedZeldaSayre.Zeldafinallyagreedtomarryhim,butheroverpoweringdesireforwealth,fun,andleisureledhertodelaytheirweddinguntilhecouldproveasuccess.WiththepublicationofThisSideofParadisein1920,Fitzgeraldbecamealiterarysensation,earningenoughmoneyandfametoconvinceZeldat
4、omarryhim.ManyoftheseeventsfromFitzgerald’searlylifeappearinhismostfamousnovel,TheGreatGatsby,publishedin1925.LikeFitzgerald,NickCarrawayisathoughtfulyoungmanfromMinnesota,educatedatanIvyLeagueschool(inNick’scase,Yale),whomovestoNewYorkafterthewar.AlsosimilartoFitzgeraldisJayGatsby,asensiti
5、veyoungmanwhoidolizeswealthandluxuryandwhofallsinlovewithabeautifulyoungwomanwhilestationedatamilitarycampintheSouth.Havingbecomeacelebrity,Fitzgeraldfellintoawild,recklesslife-styleofpartiesanddecadence,whiledesperatelytryingtopleaseZeldabywritingtoearnmoney.Similarly,Gatsbyamassesagreatde
6、alofwealthatarelativelyyoungage,anddevoteshimselftoacquiringpossessionsandthrowingpartiesthathebelieveswillenablehimtowinDaisy’slove.AsthegiddinessoftheRoaringTwentiesdissolvedintothebleaknessoftheGreatDepression,however,ZeldasufferedanervousbreakdownandFitzgeraldbattledalcoholism,whichhamp
7、eredhiswriting.HepublishedTenderIstheNightin1934,andsoldshortstoriestoTheSaturdayEveningPosttosupporthislavishlifestyle.In1937,heleftforHollywoodtowritescreenplays,andin1940,whileworkingonhisnovelTheLoveoftheLastTycoon,diedofaheartattackattheageofforty-f
