F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1894 in St. Paul, Minesota. His father was a furniture manufacterer and his mother was from a wealth family. His family moved to New York for a little bit and then they eventually moved back to St. Paul. He was homeschool for most of his life but "he attended Newman School in Hackensack, New Jersey, from 1911 to 1913" (www.notablebiographies.com/Fi-Gi/Fitzgerald-F-Scott.html) where he worked on the school newspaper.
Fitzgerald attended Princeton University in 1913 where he also worked on a school magazine and school paper. He dropped out in 1915 because he was ill and had bad grades. He returned to Princeton again but only for year and then joined the army. He was stationed in Alabama which is where he met Zelda at the age of 18. Zelda and Fitzgerald met at a dance at the Montgomery Country Club. Even though Zelda loved him she had a hard time committing to him because she was afraid that he wasn't going to make enough money. He finally convinced her to marry him when his book This Side of Paradise was published. In 1921 Zelda and Fitzgerald had their first baby, Frances Scott Fitzgerald (Scottie).
They lived in Europe while he was writing The Great Gatsby. Zelda started to feel lonely leading her to have an affair. They both started drinking heavley, bringing out the worst in all of them. They eventually bought a mansion where they through a lot of parties. Zelda started taking ballet lessons but she her anxiety and lonelyness drove her to insanity. She spent the rest of her life in psychiatric hospitals. F. Scott made sure he supported her and visited her while she as in the hospital. He conitnued writing and Zelda represents a lot of Fitzgerald's characters.
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