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Edward Fitzgerald (Scott's father) was fired from his job and became a failure. Scott said he would be not a failure like his father
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Fitzgerald was accepted into Princeton Highschool in New Jersey
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He joined the football team but was too small for it, so he joined the cheerleading team. He was at a all male school.
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He met Ginevra but couldn't date her because he was poor and she was rich.
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He became a drinker and was placed on academic probation
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Withdrew from school because he was flunking most of his classes. World War 1 began.
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Went to bootcamp for a fresh start
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Reported to Camp Sheridan in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Discharge from the army. Proposed to Zelda.
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Zelda broke off the engagement. He went home and wrote his story "The Side of Paradise" hoping it will win Zelda back.
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He was now pronounced famous and married Zelda
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The story was released and sold out the same day
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Zelda got pregnant and they had a baby girl
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He published his second novel "The Beautiful and Damned"
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The Fitzgeralds moved to France
