What are the similarities and differences between Jay Gatsby and F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Jay Gatsby was also in love with a Southern debutante. Zelda, like Daisy, came from a rich family and Fitzgerald, unlike Gatsby, was upper middle-class but poor by Zelda’s standards. F. Scott married Zelda and Gatsby lost Daisy. F. Scott was very self-destuctive. Drank too much, hopeless alcoholic. Gatsby was disciplined and always sought to improve himself. Gatsby was a recluse. F. Scott was quite sociable in his early years and in his latter years he offended people and so his alcoholism made him more solitary. They were both loyal and devoted to the women they loved. Zelda had to spend her last years in an asylum but F.Scott never forgot her and never let his daughter forget her either. He visited her as often as he could. They were both from the Midwest. F.Scott grew up in St.Paul, MN. Gatsby was self-taught. Fitzgerald went to school at Princeton, I believe, not quite sure, but he was Ivy League educated. F.Scott was a darling of the society circle because of his writing talent. G
