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Scott F Fitzgeralds father got fired from a sales job
His father felt completely defeated and Scott never wanted to experience the defeat he did so he vowed to be successful -
Scott was accepted to attend college at Princeton
Scott was very successful there and joined a theatre club. -
Went to boot camp
WWI began and Scott enlisted -
Was a lieutenant in WWI
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WWI ended
Scott was upset he never got the glory of going into combat. He proposed to Zelda and was surprised she accepted -
Zelda broke off engagement
Zelda couldn’t marry a poor boy, Scott went on a three week long drinking binge. -
Zelda and Scott became married
A week after his book was published Zelda wanted him back. -
Zelda found out she was pregnant
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Scottie Fitzgerald was born
Zelda and Scott had a baby girl -
Life became chaotic
Zelda and Scott began drinking like crazy and alcoholism took over -
Moved to Europe in the spring
The Fitzgeralds moved to Europe so Scott could focus on The Great Gatsby -
Finally began writing The Great Gatsby
After many distractions Scott sat down and started writing -
Traveled to Paris in the spring for the publication of The Great Gatsby
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The Great Depression began
The Fitzgeralds entered the worst time of their lives, Zelda began losing her mind -
Tender is the Night didn’t sell good
No one had enough money to buy books when they had to buy food. Scott began drinking heavily again. -
Wrote the Crack-up
Revealed to the world that he was bankrupt -
Publically humiliated in the newspaper
As a result of the Crack-Up -
Moved to Hollywood in summer
Offered a job as a screen writer -
Assigned to work on film Three Comrads in the fall
Scott hated the revisions on his work made by the director. So he wrote a strongly opinionated letter. -
MGM didn’t renew his contract as a result of the letter
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Got a job working with Budd Schulberg
He ended up getting fired after both writers were caught very drunk. -
Began writing novels again in fall
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Continued writing the novel
Scott abused his body for many years and was not in good health -
Minor heart attack
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Scott suffered a massive fatal heart attack.
Scott and Sheila were in the living room and he grabbed something on the mantel as he died. -
Buried in union cemetery
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Zelda died in a fire
A fire at highland institution trapped Zelda and others. -
Readers discovered Scott’s work
Scott was declared one if the best writers -
Country had a remembrance celebration of Scott’s life
He was honored with a sculpture
