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“This Side of Paradise” was published in 1920
Became a hit overnight After rewriting for 3 times
Moved to France with Zelda
Began working on The Great Gatsby
The story takes place in 1922, during the Roaring Twenties, a time of prosperity in the United States after World War I.
Born on September 24, 1896
Enrolled into Princeton in 1913
Grades fell as he focused on writing
Dropped out and enlisted into the US Army 1917
Fell in love with wife to be, Zelda Sayre
The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change.
Money
Alcohol
Freedom
New literary movements
The Lost Generation
The Harlem Renaissance
Depicts the changing American society
Fast living and material items
Jay Gatsby and the American Dream
Fitzgerald depicts the change in American society
Influenced by his lifestyle
Cody Strelick
Took place in Harlem, NY from the 1920s-40s
African Americans came onto scene by creating artistic pieces of work.
Never did this before, new social change
The legacy of the Harlem Renaissance opened doors and deeply influenced the generations of African American writers that followed.
The Lost Generation referred to the people in 1920 America that rejected post WWI values.
Most popular writers
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemmingway
John Dos Passos