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Monster Essays - An Autobiographical Portrayal
Dreaming The Impossible Dream:
 An autobiographical portrayal of F. Scott Fitzgerald as Jay Gatsby, in The 
  Frances Scott Key Fitzgerald, born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, 
 Minnesota, is seen today as one of the true great American novelists. 
 Although he lived a life filled with alcoholism, despair, and lost-love, he 
 managed to create the ultimate love story and seemed to pinpoint the 
 “American Dream” in his classic novel, The Great Gatsby.  In the novel, Jay 
 Gatsby is the epitome of the “self-made man,” in which he dedicates his 
 entire life to climbing the social ladder in order to....
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