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Birth
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in a successful family with his mom from a somewhat rich family and his dad in business, but his dad did lose his job, that job loss left a big impact on Francis’s life, which made him want to be a successful man, better than his father, even though his father taught him how to be a gentleman. -
His School Life
Francis’ parents slingshot money from his mothers side to go to all the more expensive school. While there, Francis Fitzgerald felt as if he was an outsider, and he won over his class mates by writing, his amazing gift of writing. -
His College life
Francis went off to Princeton and tried out for the football team, but he got kicked off the first day of practice because he wasn’t the right body type, he then joined the Princeton Triangle Club and wrote for the school. -
Francis’ First Girlfriend
Genirva King was F Scott. Fitzgerald’s first girlfriend and that relationship lasted two year, until Her parents broke of their relationship and her father stated, “Rich girls don’t marry Poor boys.” -
His Alcohol Addiction leads to the Army
After he was put on academic leave because of his grades, so he dropped out and joined in world war 1 -
His leave from the army
Before he went into battle he had submitted a novel idea to a publisher and he wanted Fitzgerald to right more, so Francis left the army to pursue writing, which later in his life, he does regret that decision -
His first book and his marriage
In 1919, Francis met Zelda Sayre at a country club and they hit it off, the next year after he wrote The Side Of Paradise, it was such a hit that Zelda and Francis got married -
The Jazz Age
With Francis Writing books and short plays And Zelda being popular on broadway, they become the king and queen of the Jazz Age -
Francis moves to France
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald decides to move his family to France to write his third book, The Great Gatsby. -
His move back to USA
In 1927, the Fitzgeralds returned to the United States, where they would rent "Ellerslie", a mansion near Wilmington, Delaware until 1929. Fitzgerald tried to continue working on his fourth novel, but by this point it had become clear that Zelda had an extreme mental illness as her behavior grew increasingly erratic. -
His alcoholism
Some critics have seen the book as a thinly veiled autobiographical novel recounting Fitzgerald's problems with his wife, the corrosive effects of wealth and a decadent lifestyle, his own egoism and self-confidence, and his continuing alcoholism. -
His next book
His book was finally published in 1934 as Tender Is the Night. The novel received mixed opinions from critics. Most were thrown off by its three-part structure and many felt that Fitzgerald had not lived up to their expectations. -
His film work
In 1936, Fitzgerald started rioting lines for the film, gone with the wind, but those lines never made it into the movie -
He becomes ill
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald came out in a news paper saying he has tuberculosis. -
His death
On December 21st, Francis died in a hospital due to tuberculosis.
