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Draw some parallels and contrasts between Fitzgerald’s characters and Fitzgerald’s life. Remember that it is far more likely that Fitzgerald was a compilation of characters and philosophies, rather than one character in the novel.

Nick and Gatsby represent Gatsby…Nick is from the mid west just like Fitzgerald.

Although Gatsby's economic failure to immediately wed Daisy in 1917, with an eventual return in financial triumph, does closely mirror Fitzgerald's own experiences with his future wife.)

Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgerald's own youthful romance with Chicago heiress Ginevra King. Gatsby had courted but lost Daisy due to their different social standing, the main reason Fitzgerald believed he had lost Ginevra.[12]

Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgerald's own youthful romance with Chicago heiress Ginevra King. Gatsby had courted but lost Daisy due to their different social standing, the main reason Fitzgerald......

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