The Great Gatsby background / American Dream

Interesting Facts

1. He published his first writing when he was just 14 years old.

2. He met his wife when he was serving the army as a lieutenant.

3. Before he was a novelist he was an ad man

4. He is named after Francis Scott Key

5. It took him two proposals to get Zelda to say yes.

6. He became great friends with Ernest Hemingway

7. He hated the first movie they made about The Great Gatsby

8. He was hired by MGM which made him move to Hollywood

9. He only had one child, which he named Frances Scott.

10. He wrote his first novel during WWI

The american dream is a very popular dream. A lot of people from outside of the United States have the american dream which is the wish to have a better quality of life, better income, and a better job by moving to the U.S.

Yes, we think it´s still valid because the U.S. sometimes has better jobs and better salaries to offer than certain countries, so people from that country are allowed to have the american dream.

 (Scott Fitzgerald)

Miss P, I did this blog with Christian Bohl but he forgot to put my name on it. Thanks

 

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