F. Scott Fitzgerald Presentations

F. Scott Fitzgerald PresentationsFourth Hour

Career Success of F. Scott FitzgeraldBy: Andi Langer, Morgan Gallagher, Nathan Nelson, & Brittany Pfadenhauer

This Side of ParadisePublication in 1920Sold out quickMany copies soldTheme of loveIm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of...

The Beautiful and DamnedPublished in 1922 by ScribnerSold well enough for additional print runsBased on Fitzgeralds relationship

1925ScribnersNot that successfulNot even 1/2 of desired amountDifferent responses and reviewsEdwin ClarkHarvey EgaletonThe Great Gatsby

Plays, Musicals, and ScriptsFitzgeralds St. Paul Play1911-1914The Vegetable 1923Three Comrades1938Babylon Revisited1940

Party Life & Jazz AgeBy Rachael, Annika, Kaeleigh, J.D.

The Jazz Age The Roaring TwentiesNew breed of teenager.People had a lot of money.

Struggle between old and new America/cultural division (modernist, urban vs traditional, rural)music symbolized spirit of liberation and freedomPhonograph and Radio = more accessible music

Jazz Age

Party LifeHeavy drinkingReckless behaviorTension on marriageFrancis = flirtingZelda = jealous

Zelda collected jewelry from guests at a party and threw them into a pot of boiling water - to make soup. She also threw all of the clothes she had brought with her for the trip into the bathtub and set fire to them. When they left California, she threw a platinum wristwatch that Scott had given her years ago out of the window of the train, so angry was she over his admiration for Lois Moran.

The dining terrace was built some two hundred feet above the valley, and there was a sheer drop from its outer walls. They sat with their backs to a parapet and a series of ten stone steps. After finishing their meal at about 10PM, they noticed the famous dancer, Isadora Duncan sitting at an adjacent table. Scott had never met her, so Gerald Murphy took him over to her and introduced him, at which point Scott sunk to his knees at her feet. Always dramatic, Duncan ran her fingers through his hair and called him her "centurion." Zelda, who had been watching the encounter silently, stood upon her chair and leaped across the table into the darkness of the stairwell. When she emerged, Sara Murphy ran to her and wiped the blood from her knees and dress. Gerald Murphy later said, "I was sure she was dead. We were all stunned and motionless. I've never been able to forget it."

Party LifeVery ChaoticAlways had a partyDrinking interfered with his lifeHe let himself goRavenous PartiersThe life of the party

Fitzgeralds Relationship with Zelda

By: Saydee, Jake, Kinsey, Baylee

Zelda BeautifulCharming FlapperOutgoingLiked to partyHad a Fiance before Scott

Scott SmartHandsomeAmbitiousDrunkLiked to party

July 1918Scott and Zelda metCountry club dance in Montgomery, Alabama Scott thought it was love at first sight Zelda was 18Scott was 21

February 1919Scott got discharged from the army He proposed to ZeldaZelda was having doubts

1920This Side of Paradise written by Scott was published March 26It was based off of Scott and ZeldaZelda finally agrees to marry himMarried April 3 at St. Patricks Cathedral in New York

October 1921October 26, Frances Scott Fitzgerald was bornHer nickname was Scottie

1924Fitzgerald family moved to ParisWanted more fame

1930sZelda became involved with balletPhysical and mental health began to worsen

Downfalls including deathAlyssa, Trent, & Paige

Alcoholism When work or family life was not great.3 week binge drinking.He would try to quit. Often drinking Coca Cola.Americas drunkest writer.

Drink it like water

Zelda FitzgeraldFor years, Scott Fitzgerald had been struggling to find the right approach to his mentally unstable wife. She began to show many signs of a serious disturbance in the late 1920s. Scott had to check her into a ton of mental hospitals. He couldnt see her a lot though because a spouse visiting was not common. Scott Fitzgerald was always kind of sad because his wife wasnt happy or normal anymore. She died in a fire at a mental hospital, 8 years after her husband died.

Serious Depression & Self- DestructionDue to his alcoholism and Zeldas constant nag for him to make more money, Fitzgerald became depressed. When being depressed he was more likely to drink and be self-destructive.

Jobs in his downfallDue to his drinking and outlashes he was not able to hold jobs. He wrote for countless movies and plays but he did not do such a good job, so he was then fired. So he decided to go back to his hometown and began writing novels again.

Death Died December 21, 1940 Hollywood, Los Angeles, CaliforniaBuried in Saint Marys Cemetery Heart Attack

at the age of 44, died in Hollywood

sourceshttp://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/01/magazine/how-crazy-was-zelda.html www.gutenberg.net.

F. Scott FitzgeraldRayshawn, Dalton, Kelsey, Bryton, Kolton

Early theater lifeIn college, Fitzgerald was into dramaWrote and performed in many playsHe considered himself above Hollywood writing and movie producing even when it was his only income

Time in HollywoodHe moved to Hollywood in the summer of 1937After the move he stayed for only 2 yearsIn his time in Hollywood, Fitzgerald only got 1 screenwriting credit for the film Three Comrades

Opinions of Him Mr. Bruccoli, a scholar at The University of South Carolina, said that Fitzgeralds time in Hollywood was useless and all he did was drink

The end of His Hollywood career He died thinking he was a failure but later on in history people ended up liking his books and films.F Scott Fitzgerald died from a fatal heart attack.

The Rediscovery of his worksDelaney Oliver, Grant Samples, & Lacey Jackson

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald1896-1940

Fitzgerald did not die out-of-print

Fitzgeralds deathFitzgerald died in 1940He was working on The Last Tycoon He died of a heart attack25 people had attended his funeralPastor didnt actually know who he wasFitzgerald died believing that he was a failure

Fitzgerald died of a heart attack and had been working on The Last Tycoon and had finished about s of the book before his death. Fitzgerald was never recognized for his books in the way that he wanted to. He always wanted his books to be great hits but more often they would be recognized less than he had hoped. His funeral oddly resembled his fictional character Jay Gatsbys Funeral.

RediscoveryIn 1945 and 1953, The Great Gatsby was republishedMany schools began to use the book because it showed how the Roaring 20s wereF. Scott Fitzgerald never won any awards but had an award created in his honor

The book sold like crazy and Fitzgerald was suddenly known as The Great American Novelist