Context Flashcards
What prestigious theatrical club was Fitzgerald a member of in college?
The Triangle Club
What was a major struggle that Fitzgerald fought his entire life?
Alcoholism
What is the term for the girl that all the boys want, but none can obtain?
The golden girl
Who was Ginevra King?
She was the golden girl that Fitzgerald pursued at Princeton. Her father told Fitzgerald that “poor boys don’t marry rich girls”
Inspiration for Daisy
Who did F Scott Fitzgerald end up marrying?
Zelda Sayre
Why did Zelda break off their first engagement?
She said that he was not making enough money. Did not believe in him.
Zelda became bored while Fitzgerald worked on the great Gatsby. What did she do to deal with her boredom?
She cheated on Fitzgerald with a French aviator, Edouard Jozan
When Fitzgerald died, was his funeral heavily attended?
No. Just like Gatsby’s.
How did Zelda die in 1948?
A fire burned down the building that she was in, Highland Hospital
What quote is printed onto F. Scott Fitzgerald’s grave stone?
“So we beat on, boats against current. Borne back ceaselessly into the past”
Where is Fitzgerald buried?
Rockville, Maryland
How did f scott fitzgerald die?
Fitzgerald died of a heart attack after suffering with alcoholism.
Fitzgerald and war
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Fitzgerald dropped out of Princeton and took a commission as a second lieutenant in the army. Worried he might die in battle, he began frantically writing in his off-hours in the hopes of leaving behind a literary legacy.
Just like Gatsby?
When and where was Fitzgerald born? And to who?
Born in 1898 in Minnesota, to an upper-middle-class family
When did he marry Zelda?
1920
Celebrity status
Fitzgerald fell into a wild, reckless lifestyle of parties and decadence due to his celebrity status, while trying to please Zelda by writing to earn money.
What did Fitzgerald refer the 1920’s as?
‘The Jazz Age’
Popularity of Gatsby
did not become popular until after Fitzgerald’s death
