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SCOTT
FITZGERALD
THE GREAT
GATSBY
By:
Ayeln Bochatay Gala Rosell
Franco Magnabosco
FRANCIS SCOTT
FITZGERALD
(1896 1940)
American novelist
and short-story writer
CONTEXT
Roaring 20s:
Economic
prosperity: diffusion of
automobiles,
telephones,
etc.,
industrial growth, consumer demand.
Break of traditions.
Jazz
Age: great demand of jazz
musicians.
18 th amendment: law of prohibition,
bottlegging and gangsterism.
BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
THE LOST
GENERATION
THE LOST
GENERATION
It defines a sense of moral loss or
WRTING STYLE
WRITING STYLE
Fitzgerald's
own
tempestuous
relationship with his wife Zelda
would be reflected in his many
short stories and novels.
Most of his works are a classic
study of the American Dream in
all its highs, lows, excesses and
joys.
His work was marked by a
AMERICAN
DREAM
Novels
This
Side of Paradise(1920);
The Beautiful and Damned (1922);
The Great Gatsby(1925);
Tender Is the Night(1934);
The Last Tycoon,unfi nished (1941).
Short Stories
Flappers
MEETING THE
FITZGERALD
S
THE GREAT
GATSBY
THE GREAT
GATSBY
Throughout the
SETTING
The
story
is
set
in
the
prosperousLong Islandin 1922.
Visiting Long Island's north
shore and attending parties at
mansions is said to have
inspired the writer to create
the
setting
in
TheGreat
Gatsby.
Throughout the novel, places
and settings epitomize the
THE END