Fitzgerald was made and destroyed by love

Fitzgerald, the most representative writer in the United States in the 20th century, is a representative figure of the "Lost Generation". His works clearly reflect the spirit of the times in the United States in the 1920s. He only wrote 4 novels in his life (died of a heart attack at the age of 44), such as "The Great Gatsby", "Heaven on Earth", "Tender Is the Night", and "Beauty and Ugliness", each of which had a huge impact.

"The Great Gatsby" is the author's most representative work. It mainly depicts "Gatsby", a rich man who was originally a soldier, and his first love, Daisy, and the subsequent tragedy. The various corruptions in society during the "Jazz Age" reflected the loss of traditional American beliefs and the disillusionment of the "American Dream."

Fitzgerald only completed four works in his life, and most of his novels used autobiographical materials. Therefore, it is necessary to understand Fitzgerald's life before reading his works.

Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in a businessman family in the Midwestern United States. In his early years, he went to live and study in the eastern United States with his parents. After his father lost his job, he returned to his hometown in the West and entered Princeton University to study. At that time, Fitzgerald was keen on writing and social activities. He once vowed that he would become the greatest writer in today's society.

In 1917, when World War I broke out, Fitzgerald was drafted into the army. During training in the military camp, he met a local wealthy girl named Gilda Sayre. The two soon fell in love, but when Gilda found that Fitzgerald could not let her live a comfortable and luxurious life, she rejected Fitzgerald's advances.

This incident hit Fitzgerald hard. In 1919, after he retired from the army, he went to New York. After that, he was determined to make a lot of money and win back his beloved Gilda. So he worked in an advertising agency during the day and wrote novels at night. Later, he quit his job, returned to his parents, and concentrated on his creation behind closed doors.

In March 1920, his first novel "Heaven on Earth" was successfully published, and he became famous. In April, he went to the south and had a flash marriage with Gilda. The married life of the two people is indulgent and unrestrained. They bathed in public fountains in New York, attended banquets on the roof of taxis, and even danced on hotel tables.

Fitzgerald had to continue writing to maintain his huge living expenses, but his second and third novels did not bring him the money and fame he expected. In 1930, Gilda suffered from mental illness and was often hospitalized. The high medical bills overwhelmed Fitzgerald, who often resorted to drinking to drown her sorrows, and eventually became addicted to alcohol.

In 1940, he died of a heart attack at the age of 44. Fitzgerald's life had its moments of glory and success as well as bitterness and frustration. His life is intertwined with ambition and reality, success and failure, triumph and failure, indulgence and decadence, love and pain, dreams and disillusionment...

All of these are in "The Great Gatsby" is vividly displayed.