Parallelism Between The Great Gatsby And Fitzgeral

As well said by Matthew J. Bruccoli in his web article, A Brief Life of Fitzgerald, “the dominant influences on F. Scott Fitzgerald were aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, andalcohol”. During the life of Fitzgerald, he suffered many grieves which would later inspire the greatest literary pieces in his period as a writer. After reading The Great Gatsby and thoroughlyappraising Fitzgerald’s biography, you cannot help but notice similarities between the novel and the author’s life. During 1924, the period in which The Great Gatsby was written, Fitzgerald was goingthrough personal displeasures which clearly made themselves known in the author’s work. His marriage of four years with wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was coming apart as a consequence of his wife’s affairwhich was surely triggered by his excessive work and his weakness to alcohol. As seen in the novel, infidelity was a major issue in the unveiling of certain events during the story’s plot. Fitzgeraldwrote of what he knew and what he lived; this included the social distress he faced in his route to becoming a successful writer as well as the pressure he put on himself to provide for those he caredfor.
Living in this type of environment only fed Fitzgerald’s purpose in writing. The lifestyle present in the 1920’s was accurately given the name of The Era of Nonsense. The 20’s decade was filledwith the waft of new ideologies infecting the minds of socials all around America, women in particular. Triggered by the great ascend in immigration, different cultures, along with differentbehaviors, led to the moral transformation during this time period. The “new woman” or “flappers” began developing an air of independence and strength. All over New York women would attend college and engagein professions determined to earn their living. This was the time in which they also began to flourish their freedom and break out in dress and conduct. As seen in The Great Gatsby, Diana’s behavior...