Similarities between Characters in the Story and Fitzgerald Like the characters in his novel “The Great Gatsby”, F. Scott Fitzgerald live an extravagant life during the Jazz Age in which he partied hard, unaccustomed to his newfound wealth. Fitzgerald simply wrote about the things that so many American’s had heard about but never been to; Parties on East Egg with free flowing alcohol, or bootlegging liquor. Fitzgerald’s experiences would not had been the …showed first 75 words of 606 total…

…showed last 75 words of 606 total…Each character in the story has a certain trait that Fitzgerald had. Fitzgerald was more qualified to write about the Jazz Age than anyone else. He grew up in Minnesota and was educated in the Ivy League, then moved to the East after being in the army like Nick. He fell in love with a girl while in training in the south like Tom, and his wife Zelda was like Daisy because she cherished money.