The Jazz Age/The 1920's
The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald's downfall
Socialite Ginevra King & Daisy Buchanan
Did you know how many copies of The Great Gatsby were sold?
The interpretations of these characters have often been confused.
- The story sold shocking amounts as it became popular in WW2.
- 150,000 copies were given to troops.
- Over 100,000 were sold in Fitzgerald's lifetime.
- Daisy is based off of Fitzgerald's manically depressed wife, Zelda.
- In the story, Daisy chose Tom Buchanan over Gatsby because he was poor.
- However in reality, Zelda did marry F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Ginevra King is said to be the inspiration for Daisy Buchanan. She and Fitzgerald dated for two years - before she broke it off.
- Every person has a weakness, and for Fitzgerald, his weakness was drinking.
- Toward the end of his life, Fitzgerald had to struggle with drinking and depression, to make matters worse.
Edith Cummings
Meyer Wolfsheim is Arnold Rothstein?
Arnold Rothstein
Jordan Baker is name after vehicles in the 20's?
Meyer Wolfsheim
Edith Cummings was a famous golfer in the 20's.
Jordan Baker's name was a play on two popular car brands of the Roaring Twenties: the Jordan Motor Car Company and the Baker Motor Vehicle.
In the Great Gatsby, Meyer Wolfshiem helped Gatsby make money in the bond business when he first came to New York after he returned from the war.Wolfsheim seems to have a dark past. He supposedly is the one who fixed the World Series of 1919.In Reality Arnold Rothstein is the man behind the 1919 Black Sox Scandal.
Jordan's character was to show the role of women during the Roaring 20's. Role such as women beginning to play sports.