Born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota, F. Scott Fitzgerald (Jazz Age short-story writer and novelist) is well known for his turbulent personal life as well for his novel's success in which allowed him to become prominent. Born into a humble family, he was the only son of a noble named Edward Fitzgerald and a provincial, working-class mother, Mollie McQuillan (The daughter of an Irish immigrant who made a fortune in the wholesale grocery business in the years following the Civil War). Although she came from a wealthy family, she had little interest in social life, except as it regarded her sons growth. Fitzgerald's family lived pleasantly on the outskirts of the city's where most fashionable residential neighborhoods were located.
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Scott's mother taught at the Convent of the Visitation in St. Paul, attended daily Mass, and had Scott baptized at the Cathedral one month after his birth. His father opened a wicker furniture business in St. Paul, however, as it failed closing in the Depression of 1897, he accepted a job as a salesman for Procter & Gamble which took his family back and forth between Buffalo and Syracuse (upstate New York) during the early years of Fitzgerald's life. In 1908, Edward Fitzgerald lost his job with Procter & Gamble. Scott was approximately twelve years old at the time being and the family had to moved back to St. Paul to live off of his mother's inheritance. In the summer of 1908. Scott and his sister lived with their grandmother at 294 Laurel Avenue as Edward and Mollie stayed with a couple of friends a few blocks away. This lasted a year, until Edward rented a home for his family at 514 Holly. The family finally moved almost annually in the Summit Avenue area as Edward operated as a grocery salesman from his McQuillan brother-in-law's real-estate office in town, he so happened with very little …show more content…
As time advanced, it became clear that Fitzgerald was no longer excelling in his academics therefore it was assumed that Princeton's would un enroll his from the acceptance list. Short after, the United States entered the First World War. Scott immediately enlisted to join the U.S. Army at Fort Snelling. His position was a lieutenant however in October he was sent for training to Montgomery, Alabama. There, he met Zelda Sayre and began his love journey with her. Shortly after the Armistice in 1918, Scott departed from the U.S. Army and headed to New York where he got a job as an advertising copywriter (as he still worked on his novel). He and Zelda were deeply in love, but she was involved with many suitors. This meant that Zelda rejected his proposal of marriage because he lacked money. Shortly after Scribner's rejected his novel he returned to St. Paul with his parents in a small rental row house at Summit. He was determined to be successful so as he finished the novel he resent it off again to Scribner's. As he waited for any response, he got a job as a laborer at the Northern Pacific
Scott's mother taught at the Convent of the Visitation in St. Paul, attended daily Mass, and had Scott baptized at the Cathedral one month after his birth. His father opened a wicker furniture business in St. Paul, however, as it failed closing in the Depression of 1897, he accepted a job as a salesman for Procter & Gamble which took his family back and forth between Buffalo and Syracuse (upstate New York) during the early years of Fitzgerald's life. In 1908, Edward Fitzgerald lost his job with Procter & Gamble. Scott was approximately twelve years old at the time being and the family had to moved back to St. Paul to live off of his mother's inheritance. In the summer of 1908. Scott and his sister lived with their grandmother at 294 Laurel Avenue as Edward and Mollie stayed with a couple of friends a few blocks away. This lasted a year, until Edward rented a home for his family at 514 Holly. The family finally moved almost annually in the Summit Avenue area as Edward operated as a grocery salesman from his McQuillan brother-in-law's real-estate office in town, he so happened with very little …show more content…
As time advanced, it became clear that Fitzgerald was no longer excelling in his academics therefore it was assumed that Princeton's would un enroll his from the acceptance list. Short after, the United States entered the First World War. Scott immediately enlisted to join the U.S. Army at Fort Snelling. His position was a lieutenant however in October he was sent for training to Montgomery, Alabama. There, he met Zelda Sayre and began his love journey with her. Shortly after the Armistice in 1918, Scott departed from the U.S. Army and headed to New York where he got a job as an advertising copywriter (as he still worked on his novel). He and Zelda were deeply in love, but she was involved with many suitors. This meant that Zelda rejected his proposal of marriage because he lacked money. Shortly after Scribner's rejected his novel he returned to St. Paul with his parents in a small rental row house at Summit. He was determined to be successful so as he finished the novel he resent it off again to Scribner's. As he waited for any response, he got a job as a laborer at the Northern Pacific