Similarities Between Gatsby and Fitzgerald
Alcohol
- Jay Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald both have strong views on alcohol.
- Fitzgerald had dealt with alcohol first hand, which was the basis for Gatsby's Characters
- Gatsby refrains from drinking and he doesn't like it.
Success
- Both Gatsby and Fitzgerald want to become successful.
- They both wanted to become a well known person
- Fitzgerald wanted to live up to his expectation
Marriages
They both had a interesting love life. They both had an unhealthy relationship
- Gatsby fell in love with a women named Daisy.
- Fitzgerald fell in love with a women named Zelda
- Gatsby had a short relationship with Daisy. But after he couldn't put the relationship behind him. He spent 5 years looking for her and made up high hopes to only be disappointed.
- Fitzgerald fell in love and married a women named Zelda but it turned out she had Schizophrenia. Fitzgerald realized his love for Zelda was the same love Gatsby felt for Daisy