The Great Gastsby
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
He was born on the 24 September 1886 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Mollie (McQuillan) and Edward Fitzgerald. He had four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (most famous), The Tender is the night and also an unfinished one which is The Love of the Last Tycoon. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry.
Fitzgerald fell in love with Zelda Sayre (1900 – 1948), He moved to New York where he could launch a career that’s would convince Zelda to marry. They later got married. Their one and only daughter ‘Frances Scott Fitzgerald’ who was born on 26 October 1921. Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic since his college days, leaving him unhealthy by the late 1930’s. On the night of 21 December 1940 He later died of a heart attack.
American Dream
American dream represents the dream of financial success. An American historian, writer, investment banker, a captain in the Military Intelligence division to the Paris Peace Conference published the book ‘The Epic of America’ where he wrote the American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better, richer and fuller for everyone, with the opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. What does the American Dream mean to the protagonist of the story? What does the American Dream mean to your family and you?
Story of four sisters who must adjust to life in America after having to flee from the Dominican Republic is told through a series of episodes beginning in adulthood. This book addresses what it means to be successful in America after coming from wealthy origins in another country,
Jazz Age
Jazz age was the time in the 1920’s when Jazz music and dance became popular. It happened in the United States, Britain and France. Jazz music originated in the New Orleans and is now a fusion of Africa and European music. Jazz age is referred to as the Roaring Twenties. The cultural centres for Jazz were cities like...
He was born on the 24 September 1886 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His parents were Mollie (McQuillan) and Edward Fitzgerald. He had four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (most famous), The Tender is the night and also an unfinished one which is The Love of the Last Tycoon. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry.
Fitzgerald fell in love with Zelda Sayre (1900 – 1948), He moved to New York where he could launch a career that’s would convince Zelda to marry. They later got married. Their one and only daughter ‘Frances Scott Fitzgerald’ who was born on 26 October 1921. Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic since his college days, leaving him unhealthy by the late 1930’s. On the night of 21 December 1940 He later died of a heart attack.
American Dream
American dream represents the dream of financial success. An American historian, writer, investment banker, a captain in the Military Intelligence division to the Paris Peace Conference published the book ‘The Epic of America’ where he wrote the American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better, richer and fuller for everyone, with the opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. What does the American Dream mean to the protagonist of the story? What does the American Dream mean to your family and you?
Story of four sisters who must adjust to life in America after having to flee from the Dominican Republic is told through a series of episodes beginning in adulthood. This book addresses what it means to be successful in America after coming from wealthy origins in another country,
Jazz Age
Jazz age was the time in the 1920’s when Jazz music and dance became popular. It happened in the United States, Britain and France. Jazz music originated in the New Orleans and is now a fusion of Africa and European music. Jazz age is referred to as the Roaring Twenties. The cultural centres for Jazz were cities like...