F. Scott Fitzgerald

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him in his real bent." Recalls his St. Paul Academy
teacher. From that prestigious school he then traveled and began attendance in
Princeton University. Not a promising student he was often late to his classes.
His excuse was once "Sir-it's absurd to expect me to be on time. I'm a
genius!!!" Though the "Princeton years" we not his most memorable, it provided
an outlet for his writing, and talent.
During his junior year he left Princeton and entered the army in 1917.
Though he was never sent to battle for his country, there he began work on the
short story, The Romantic Egoist, which was published as This Side of Paradise.
Though rejected it later returns as a imitated nationwide sensation. When time
and America began evolving, then was his work beginning to receive its time
awaited praise. The Jazz Age had arrived! By this period Fitzgerald had already
found his love and married the enchanting Zelda Syre. She was an accomplished
writer, ballet dancer, and painter. Though every one ...

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