PPT-The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald - Final Presentation

Plot Summary Eggs Cracked The Great Gatsby  is a story told by Nick Carraway who was once Gatsbys neighbor and he tells the story sometime after 1922 when the incidents that fill the book take . By F. Scott Fitzgerald. “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old:. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.”. The Great Gatsby. English III: Advanced Composition & Novel. Mrs. Snipes & Mrs. Lutes. Table of Contents:. 1. Modernism and the Modern Novel. 2. Features of Modernism. 3. . Gatsby . and the Modern Novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. . His middle-class . parents constantly overextended themselves financially. . In high . school, Fitzgerald published fiction in the school magazine. . Historical background, author information, themes, and motifs to look for. "I look out at it and I think it is the most beautiful history in the world. . . . It is the history of all aspiration not just the American dream but the human . Historical background, author information, themes, and motifs to look for. "I look out at it and I think it is the most beautiful history in the world. . . . It is the history of all aspiration not just the American dream but the human . "It was an age of miracles," Fitzgerald wrote of the Jazz Age. “It was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire.. F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1896-1940. A Short Biography. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in . Room Number:. 0. fcc65ee. Cultural Context of . The . Great Gatsby. Understanding the times helps to understand the novel. World War I. World War I ended in 1918. . Disillusioned because of the war, the generation that fought and survived has come to be called “the lost generation.”. Gatsby. Sa vie. Francis Scott Fitzgerald est né en 1896 à Saint Paul, au Minnesota (États-Unis).. Adolescent, il a étudié à la Saint Paul . A. cademy. , école privée bourgeoise.. Lors de ses études, il se sent à part, différent. Il lit beaucoup et commence à écrire des poèmes et des nouvelles, qu’il publie dans le journal de l’école.. Let’s start here…. Brainstorm a list of all the things you know about America in the 1920s…. Modernism . & the Modern . Novel. Refers . to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature . FLT (1/25/2016) . Left . *Right*. Given film clip, anticipation guide, and discussion about consumerism . I will be able to consider how consumerism relates to the novel, . The Great Gatsby. . . _______________________________. Tidbits. F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940. Named after great uncle Frances Scott Key. From the . midwest. : St. Paul, MN. Married to Zelda Sayre - m 1930. The dominant influences on F. Scott Fitzgerald were aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol. . F. SCOTT FITZGERALD. F . rancis. Scott Key Fitzgerald was born.  on September 24, 1896, and named after his ancestor Francis Scott . Key. Fitzgerald . was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. Though an intelligent child, he did poorly in school and was sent to a New Jersey boarding school in 1911. Despite being a mediocre student there, he managed to enroll at Princeton in 1913. Academic troubles and apathy plagued him throughout his time at college, and he never graduated, instead enlisting in the army in 1917, as World War I neared its end.. . Author Background . Francis Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896. Member of the Princeton Class of 1917. Joined the Army-stationed in Montgomery Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre . Refused to marry him until he could publish . The Roaring 20s. World War I ended in 1918. . Disillusioned because of the war, the generation that fought and survived has come to be called “the lost generation. .”. While the sense of loss was readily apparent among expatriate American artists who remained in Europe after the war, back home the disillusionment took a less obvious form. .