Scott f Fitzgerald

By Allanabutler

  • 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 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

  • 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

  • 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

    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

    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

    Traveled to Paris in the spring for the publication of The Great Gatsby

  • 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

    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

  • 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

  • Continued writing the novel

    Scott abused his body for many years and was not in good health

  • Minor heart attack

  • 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

  • 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