The Great Gatsby

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in the 19th century, but his works mostly talk about the end of World War I and the Great Depression, what was known as the Jazz Age. In 1917 he joined the army and was posted in Montgomery, Alabama. In 1913 Fitzgerald entered Princeton University. He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army. His experiences during World War I were …

…transportation was beginning to grow. This novel has to do with Fitzgerald, specially Gatsby. Like Gatsby, Fitzgerald could not marry his love because he was poor and went to the army. Also he did many big parties like the Gatsby. Probably Gatsby could be he’s alter-ego, in the exception that Fitzgerald was not a bootlegger. Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is a novel that talks about the bad side of 1920’s history.