Author- Born in St. Paul Minnesota, Fitzgerald was born to a wealthy family that both admired and revered their successful ancestry. A failure at Princeton, he would go on to write numerous novels and short stores that both illustrated and reflected the people of his era; the Jazz age. In spite of his accomplishments, he would die of a heart attack mid-way through his last novel The Love of the Last Tycoon thinking of himself …showed first 75 words of 1703 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1703 total…faithful till the end." (104) "She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand." (114) "Even alone I can't say I never loved Tom." (140) "The mouth was wide open...giving the tremendous vitality she had stored so long." (145) "You may fool me but you can't fool God!" (167) "-tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther...and one fine morning---So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (189)