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F. Scott Fitzgerald

“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.

Meet the Author

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 Great Gatsby

The Roaring 20’s

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

F. Scott Fitzgerald

and The Roaring 20s

F. Scott Fitzgerald &

The Roaring 20s

Cody Strelick

Harlem Renaissance

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

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

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