When I Read The Publishers Afterward And Brief Life Of F. Scott Fitzerald, These

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Term Paper Title	When I Read The Publishers Afterward And Brief Life Of F. Scott Fitzerald, These
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When I read the "Publisher's Afterward" and "Brief Life of F. Scott Fitzerald," these texts reminded me of something familiar. "A tuxedo man with a strong jutting jaw line posing next to a fine-featured beauty with a thick blond bob, her slender arms around in a evening gown." This pair could be anyone, but it is no accident that they look almost exactly like the book's author, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda.

Fitzerald, born 100 years ago in St. Paul Minnesota, made his career out of confusion between art and life, creating fascinating image of youth celebrity and excess. And image that is stronger that it was in the 1920's.

He was only 23 when he published "This side of paradise," his first and great successful novel about the desire and blighted hope of a Princeton undergraduate. "Here was a new generation," he wrote at the end, " a new generation dedicated more than the last to the fear of poverty and the worship of success; grown up to find all gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shake." With these words, Fitzerald seemed to establish himself as the chronicler of an era, the one he called the Jazz age.

Fitzerald, who became universal today, it is impossible for anyone growing up in America with out knowing something about him. "The Great Gatsby," along with "Romeo and Juliet" and "Hamlet," has for decades been on the top required texts for high school students. You might see Fitzgerald looking something like Robert Redford, who played Fitzgerald's mistaken hero. Jay Gatsby, the dreamer who gather a fortune in a vain attempting to repeat the past and win back the rich girl he loved years before.

There is an exhibit in Princeton of Fitzgerald's collections. The glass cases start with a boyhood scrapbook from St. Paul, where Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896. He was named for Francis Scott Key, the poet who wrote " The Star-Spangled Banner" and distant relative of Fitzgerlad's father.

From those early days, the exhibit moves on to a display of lyrics from the mu...

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