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F. Scott Fitzgerald


DIANA CHOW
03/25/96

Welcome to the roaring 1920's! The Jazz Age. A period within time which
the passive behaviors, beliefs, and purity of the past generations, were tossed
aside to create room for the changes America was about to experience! The birth
of independent voting rights for women, lavishing parties, and where excitement
was to be found in every corner. This was the era in which the people were
considered the "Lost Generation," and from this environment emerged a eminent
writer of those times. Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
Born to the calm and submissive atmosphere of St. Paul Minnesota, he
came from a line of highly regarded men and women from his family's past. His
most famous relative by far was Francis Scott Key. The writer of our national
anthem. Though he was certainly the most famous Fitzgerald, his mother was the
most eccentric. Often dressed in miss-matched shoes and had a peculiar behavior,
she at one time stared at a woman......

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