Fitzgerald Observations A&E Video Part IV
After viewing second installment within the A&E Fitzgerald video,
what do notice about Fitzgerald and his life as a writer? Other
observations? Please complete this blog response by 2:30p.m. on Monday, April 17th.
posted by Greg T at Monday, April 17, 2017
18 Comments:
Fitzgerald tried to curb his drinking habit, and drank soda at parties. Sheila, a gossip writer, noticed him at a party and they took interest in each other. Fitzgerald had an affair with Sheila for many more years, even though he claimed his love always sat with Zella who wasn't getting better. He worked one many film projects, but only received a screen credit for 3 Comrades which had much altered dialogue. From then on, he received little work and his film career ended when he was fired from his position writing a script for a film on Dartmouth's winter games. He began writing novels again, and began writing "The Last Tycoon". His alcoholism began to deteriorate his health so he sped up his writing process to finish "The Last Tycoon". After a heart attack at 40, he stopped drinking. Only a few years later he suffered another heart attack and died at 44. Very few people came to his funeral.
He tried to stop his big drinking habit when he went to hollywood. He asked out a young girl named sheila and they had a steady relationship. His writing took a hit because he could not get a screen credit for his movies. Three comrades was the first and last screen credit he had. He was getting a bad reputation in hollywood. After he got fired he was never hired again for movies he started to write a book called "The last tycoon". He died from a massive heart attack at 44. He was obsessed over his last book and started to feel better but it was to late. The abuse he had received because of his drinking had taken its toll.
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After Fitzgerald had a down fall, he continued to turn to alcoholism to try to self medicate lose very short lived jobs. Fitzgerald was living as a "bum" because he couldn't take care of himself and keep a job. Fitzgerald continued to try to write as a screenwriter and after he lost so many jobs that no one would hire him anymore he went back to writing novels. Fitzgerald died at age 44 before he could finish his last novel: "The Last Tycoon."
Scott’s life had many ups and downs. The ups were good and the downs were very hard. He was a binge drinker all the time, his wife had gone crazy, and his other girlfriend didn’t like him. Fitzgerald took things harshly and he wasted a lot of his life drinking. When he was put into big situations that meant a lot he always found a way to ruin them. When he had his heart attack, though, it scared him into not drinking anymore. He wanted to finish his novel while he was still alive. He had lots of successes but it took him awhile to earn them. He did not get things easily. After he died, it seemed like he became more famous than he ever was when he was alive. His books have sold more and his story lives on. Even though he had a tough life, he definitely left a mark here.
He seemed to get frustrated in the film indusrty and after he started drinking again his health decreased dramatically and he wanted to write novels again so thats what he did but he let the alcohol get to him and had a heart attack due to his obsessive drinking habits and he died.
Fitzgerald tries to stop his drinking habits, and become a better person, and he doesn't stick with that for too long. He goes back to drinking and he gets in terrible fights with is significant other. Because of drinking, he loses his job and returns back to writing novels. He had a heart attack at age 40 and finally decided to stop drinking again. Only a few years after he had another heart attack and died at the early age of 44.
F, Scott Fitzgerald made an attempt to stop drinking. Sheila and Scott went on a date even though he was older and he was also married. They became a couple but Scott had no plans on divorcing Zelda. His love for her was one of a kind. He said you could only find it once in a century. His obsessive drinking lead people to think that he wasn't capable of writing again. He tried to polish dialogues of very famous movies; but, no one ever listened to him. Sheila and Scott would have fights because he became a drunkard and he was aggressive. After getting fired, no one wanted to hire him. At 44, he wasn't in a good health. He suffered a massive heart attack leaving Zelda alone for 8 years.
The things that I noticed were that in the beginning when zelda was off at a mental hospital he met a women who had greatly influenced him and his writing.His drinking problem had gotten bigger as his career kept falling he got fired from some of his jobs and was rarely asked to write for anything and anyone because of his alcohol problem.His alcohol problem kept him from writing his novel and e died at the age of 44 of a heart attack .
He began to better his life by avoiding alcohol. He started to work for a company and wrote screenplays for movies. The company he works for often rewrote his works and this made him frustrated. He complained about it and got fired. Because of his reputation, other companies refused to hire him and he turned to alcohol for support.
Fitzgerald's life in Hollywood was a roller coaster of goods and bad's. He was able to be part of some big films but was never happy with them. He fell back into his alcoholism and became a wreck he wanted to write a new book as soon as possible. He suffered a heart attack and quit drinking at age 40. He was happy with the new book he was writing. But at the age of 44 he suffered a major heart attack and passed away.
After Fitzgerald's failures in writing successful books/screen plays, he continued on the alcoholism and bad character that had led to his decline in success. While he tried to rejuvenate his career, because of his alcoholism he wasn't able to get new jobs and died from poor health too soon to finish his last novel.
Fitzgerald's life as a writer didn't seem to ever go the way he wanted it to. He could have been very successful, had many chances when he moved out to hollywood, but still he just wasn't cut out for the movie version of writing and production. Although he wasn't good on the movie side of writing things, he wrote a handful of books. When he started drinking so much it was affecting his health, I think that is when he realized that he had one more chance, one more opportunity to put his words, emotions, and thoughts on to the paper. I think the life as an author was one of his only accomplishes he feels he’s ever made.
Fitzgerald was on a cold streak with writing and just couldn't seem to get into the competitive movie business. Maybe he should have never stopped doing what he did best, which was writing novels. Being the horrible drunk he was, Fitzgerald seems to curse himself throughout his life, nothing was ever good enough for him except for the things he could control, such as with his novels. You can clearly see how unhappy he became when he couldn't control his mistress and his drinking.
In the final segment of the fitzgerald video, we see his life crumble more. He loses his wife and moves on to another woman who he fought with often. He also decided dabble in other forms of entertainment in hollywood but after a few years with a bad reputation, he went back to writing. Throughout this time of his life, He had an extensive drinking problem which added to his bad reputation, and his health issues. As he was writing his last book he had a heart attack and a few years later, he had another that took his life. His early years of drinking and partying had a huge effect on his life that he was never able to overcome. Though he was an extremely creative and talented person, his drinking problem and depression took a tole on him in his later years.
A big thing was that he tried to stop his big drinking problem. And to change his ways but it doesnt hold out for very long his life was still a mess considerign he was an active consistant binge drinker and his wife had gone crazy and his later other girlfriend didn’t like him at all. No matter the break he caught he found a way to throw it away. Finally he had his heart attack, though, it scared him into not drinking anymore. He wanted to finish his novel before he died. He finally died at 44 but his books and stories still leave a mark on todays society.
Fitzgerald life fell apart more and more. He lost his wife and moved on to a woman who even made a scene about the situations her and him had. He was trying to change his drinking situation because he had a scarce small heart attack from his health problems. He was trying to finish his last book when he all of a sudden had a heart attack and later he died from one. He went to hard in the early years and it took a toll on him in the later years of his life.
Fitzgerald's life was in a downhill spiral at this point. He had large issues with alcoholism and the demons of that chased him for a long time. He and his wife had major issues. He had a heart attack which did inspire him to work on his drinking problem. People thought much less of the once renowned author at this point.
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