F. Scott Fitzgerald's first word was up, which was identical to the direction he wanted his life to go in terms of wealth, class, and experience. Born in St. Paul Minnesota on September 24, 1896, Fitzgerald was destined for a life full of promise, potential and extreme possibility. He grew up watching his father Edward's business fail and saw how he drank his emotions through alcohol (Donaldson 5), and was destined not to follow in his father's footsteps. He was also humbled by the fact that his family did not fall into the elite class and wanted to prove himself because he believed that "the rich, the powerful, and the elegant were the people to identify with and become one with" (Donaldson 15 ). Scott F. Fitzgerald was a talented writer; however, the parallelism of his personality, experiences, and struggles with those of the characters in his writings paved the way for his success in the literary world. Although Fitzgerald's academic excellence at a young age allowed him to attend Princeton University, he made the decision to join the Army in 1917 after being placed on academic probation and realizing he had little chance of graduating (Bruccoli). The following year, at the age of twenty-two, he was temporarily stationed in Alabama where he fell in love with eighteen-year-old Zelda Sayre. Even when his troops deployed to an alternate area, Fitzgerald remained faithful to her despite the distance and sent her an engagement ring with strong hopes of marrying her. To his despair, Zelda did not accept the proposal, declaring that Fitzgerald "could not maintain the life she wanted for herself" (Popva), which led to a three-week binge in which he drowned his broken emotions in alcohol . ..... middle of paper ... ff during one of his breakdowns, but despite his emotionally draining personality, Dick still loves his wife exactly as Fitzgerald loves Zelda. Unfortunately, it is Dick who ultimately betrays himself by not staying true to his morals or his wife, and this is where Fitzgerald's deep sense of guilt can be seen. Although this story is set in the same period as The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald opens up a darker area of ​​the historical period, omits the glamorous aspects and chooses to focus on… Fitzgerald's messy and difficult life unfortunately ended in 1940. where he died for "an alcohol-induced heart attack" (Lyttelton) at the age of forty-four. He was writing The Last Tycoon, which he describes as "an escape into a sumptuous and romantic past that may not return in our time" (Troy), which was later published as an unfinished novel..