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| Plot Summary of Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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"In Scott Donaldson's biography of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, a fresh perspective of his works is examined through Fitzgerald's many obsessions with love. Ranging from childhood sweethearts to his final companion, Hollywood columnist Sheilah Graham, the book discusses more than just his wife Zelda's impact on her husband's work. Each relationship is examined in conjunction with various female characters in his novels. The biography also provides a history of Fitzgerald's alcoholism."
Angela Allan, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Fool for Love: F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- writer
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Family, hate
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
The difficult family member
- is mentally ill
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- alcohol
Period of greatest activity?
- 1900+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
- emotionally unstable
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Europe
Yes
Century:
- 1900-1920's
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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