Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was a writer largely of his time. “As Malcolm Cowley once said, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars” (Donaldson). Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Scott spent most of his first decade in Buffalo and Syracuse, thanks to his father's job. When Proctor and Gamble let Edward Fitzgerald go, he moved his family back to Saint Paul, where he began consuming large quantities of alcohol, which would later play an immense role in Scott's adult life. The difficulties of losing three sisters, his relationship with Zelda Sayre and his unique ability to synthesize both the world around him and his artistic drive are what influenced Scott to write the stories, plays and novels amazing things that have been published. in American literature as one of the most remarkable works of literature ever written. Scott Fitzgerald's writing was enormously inspired by the loss of his three sisters, his relationship with Zelda Sayre, and his ability to separate the world from his work. The early years of Scott's life were marked by grief and loss. The Fitzgerald family was in deep mourning the afternoon of Scott's birth, due to the loss of Mollie and Edward Fitzgerald's two daughters, both of whom had died of illness nearly three months before Mollie gave birth to Scott. “Although his mother never spoke of the deaths of her first two children, Scott claimed to have felt its effects” (Boon 13). Fitzgerald linked his sisters' tragedy to his writing career. A little over three years later, another sister was born into the family, but she only lived for an hour. The death of his sisters heavily affected his life as a child and adult. Fitzgera... middle of paper ...... thinks a lot about his childhood memories and a young child's desire for the material things in life, until he realizes over the years years since he became a prosperous and wealthy man. adult that the greatest value of dreams lies in hard work and effort, not in achievement. The majority of Fitzgerald's writings reflect his relationship with Zelda Sayre. Zelda suffered from several physical and mental health problems and sought treatment in and out of clinics from 1930 until her death. “Zelda's mental illness, the subject of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, Tender is the Night, had a debilitating effect on Scott's writing” (Palmisano). The extravagant life made possible by Fitzgerald's success, however, took its toll. Constantly traveling the world, the Fitzgeralds tried in vain to escape or at least seek respite from Zelda's mental illness and Scott's alcoholism...