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F. Scott Fitzgerald “F. Scott Fitzgerald was the leading writer of America’s Jazz Age...and one of its glittering heroes”(ENC 190) in writing novels and short stories. Fitzgerald captured the minds of those who were cheaply entertained. His complicated life lived with an obsession of money mixed with complex women and excessive drinking influenced his literary works and style which caused much criticism. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald’s life began on Sept. 24, 1896, in Minnesota(de Koster 13). He went to school at St. Paul Academy and also in Hackensack, New Jersey at the Newman School. Fitzgerald wrote for the Nassau Literary Magazine and the Princeton Tiger and wrote scripts and lyrics for Princeton Triangle Club musicals while going to Princeton(Bruccoli). Fitzgerald wasn’t the brightest man. He was on academic probation and wasn’t expected to graduate so he went into the army without graduating with a degree(Mangum 1369). While in the army Fitzgerald’s passion for writing increased greatly(“F. Scott Fitzgerald”) but no matter how many novels and short stories he wrote, Fitzgerald was never satisfied. Fitzgerald grew up in a poor home. Recalling his past, he said: "That was always my experience-a