The Great Gatsby Background

1)Post 10 interesting facts about F. Scott Fitzgerald

1. He started his education in a Catholic school in 1903.                                                                                                                      2. He died of a massive heart attack on December 21st.                                                                                                                        3. 1920’s was the most influential decade for him.                                                                                                                                     4. He left the university in 1917 to join the army in WW1.                                                                                                                      5. He went to Princeton University.                                                                                                                                                         6. He wrote a lot of short stories for Princeton Tiger, a humored magazine from Princeton University.                                                                                                                          7. He moved to New York City after his discharge in the army.                                                                                                             8. His first publication The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage was a detective story issued in school’s newspaper at the age of 13.                                                                                                                                                                                                         9. Ernest Hemingway was a really close friend of Scott.                                                                                                                      10. The sore point of this friendship was that Hemingway never approved selling of Scott’s stories and novels to Hollywood studios.

2) In your own words define the “American Dream.”                                                                                                                          The life that everyone want in America. They want perfect equality, democracy, and material prosperity. Social ideas that all people want to their lives.  

3) Do you think the American Dream is still valid?                                                                                                                               Yes

4) Post 1 image of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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