F. Scott FitzgeraldThe world of Gatsby and the author

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

b. September 24, 1896 in St. Pauldied in 1940

dad was a failed wicker furniture salesman from Maryland with deep southern values

mom was from an Irish family who had discovered wealth through the grocery business

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Let’s talk Fashion

Oh Boy! What a lady!

The skirts and dresses had never been shorter-- neither had the hair!

Shapeless dresses with a low belt of colorHats that hung closely to the headLong pearl necklaces

How ‘bout a song & dance?

The Charleston

How do the dudes dress?

Slang of the 20s

Bank’s closed- no kisses for you!Bee’s Knees- someone or something awesomeButt me- I’ll take a cigaretteClam- dollarDon’t take any wooden nickels-don’t do anything stupidEgg- a person who lives a big lifeGiggle Water- alcoholTomato- a woman

Traits of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Writing

ForeshadowingThemesSymbolismHeavy description, often long sentencesPeople drivenPerhaps allegorical--reflecting alcoholism and mental illness

Traits of Modernist Literature

self-consciousnessironyfragmented narrationnon-linear timesymbols, allegorybyronic heroesstream of consciousness