He had a rough childhood which came out in his writings. He also wrote about life in the 20's. How many young people changed, they argued with their parents, drank alcohol, and even casually kissed. They basically pushed the limits and did things that weren't done before. He even used clips in his books from letters that his wife wrote to him. In his first book This Side of Paradise he proclaimed himself as the protagonist. He used his wife Zelda in many of his stories and novels.
"An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."- I think it means that he wrote in the moment for the youth of society, so he could be judged in the by the next generation and studied by the one after. Which is what we are doing now.
What were some of the important historical events during that time?-World war one had just ended, the jazz age had began, the dust bowl was going on, and the great depression was coming.
Translate the following phrase: "Exegit monumentum aere perennius."-I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.
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