As the dawning future approached, F. Scott Fitzgerald had already prepared the ideal person and the image he wanted to associate with them. Having had humble beginnings in life, Fitzgerald craved the sweetness of success and could vividly imagine the taste sliding between and over his taste buds; as a result, it fueled his motivation to achieve what he dreamed of. In F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, the main character, Jay Gatsby, shares Fitzgerald's visions as they both shape in limited ways the destiny of what is to come, ultimately shaping the same figure . Throughout the storyline of The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald imitates the lifestyle depicted in the novel, from Tom and Daisy to Gatsby. Although the Fitzgeralds differ in some aspects of the plot, the conduct and character of Scott and Zelda parallel those of the story through the love that ultimately proves flawed; wealth that creates a boundary between old money and new money brings inevitable judgment against the owner of the new money; the ambition and aspirations guiding both men, Fitzgerald and Gatsby, on the path to the eminent opportunity presented in the famous American Dream. World War II in the 1900s brought F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jay Gatsby the women of their wonderful dreams, Zelda and Daisy (Fitzgerald, Brief Life of Fitzgerald). Young, handsome, and with porcelain-white skin, Fitzgerald and Gatsby began expressing their unrealistic expectations of Zelda and Daisy when they pushed their patience to the limit while waiting for them to return from the war extended (Fitzgerald, Brief Life of Fitzgerald). For Fitzgerald and Gatsby to undo their unrequited love, their social status became a priority; there...... middle of paper ......6261>.Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Print.History.com Staff. "F. Scott Fitzgerald." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2010. Web. 05Apr. 2014. Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American competition. 13th edition. Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 2006. “Multimedia” Print. Encyclopedia of Alabama: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Np, March 15, 2007. Web. 04Apr. 2014. .Spargo, R. Clifton. "Scenes from a Marriage: 12 Things You Didn't Know About F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, May 6, 2013. Web. April 05, 2014.12_b_3224012.html>.