F. Scott Fitzgerald

Key biographical Information: He was born Sep. 24, 1896 in Minnesota. He died Dec. 21, 1940 he was 44. He was a heavy drinker and had a rough life growing up and so he wrote a lot of his stories about hard times.

Quote means: that you should try and apeal to the younger people when you write. Try to get the younger generation more involed in the literary society.

Research the 192os in America. What were some of the important historical events during that time? Jazz age started, world war one ended, Prohibition, Stock Market crash, and Tea pot dome scandal.

Translate the following phrase: "Exegit monumentum aere perennius."
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.