Influences on F. Scott Fitzgeralds' writing in The Great Gatsby

The Roaring Twenties was a period of frivolous days and exciting nights. Times were prosperous and life was good for most. In The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald writes about the fictitious life of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire (Gross 1). The setting of the novel is New York in the twenties, a time, and place, where people were jovial and carefree. In New York, more than anywhere, people did not worry about life's …

…ad personal experience with bootlegging and ostentatious women. Fitzgerald's life events also helped him write The Great Gatsby. His wanting to be different helped him come up with the character Gatsby. Zelda, his wife, helped him come up with Daisy Buchanan, and people around him helped him shape other characters. In The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing was profoundly influenced by dealings in his life, the exciting decade, and people he was around.