F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, reveals subtle threads intertwined between him and the novel, revealing the truth about a corrupt society, full of discontent and superficiality. From marriages with women to an impossible dream, all these aspects of Fitzgerald's life influence his work, The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald's novel closely resembles his circumstances through its depiction of the characters and society of the 1920s. Although Fitzgerald himself lived in a superficial society, he was able to portray that emptiness in society would not bring happiness to anyone. F. Scott Fitzgerald uses characters from The Great Gatsby to represent the people in his life and to show that wealth causes corruption. Mirroring his failed romance, Fitzgerald incorporates the idea of ​​failed marriages into his novel. ““Neither of them can stand the person they are married to” (Fitzgerald 33).” Fitzgerald implies that marriage in the 1920s was so corrupted by wealth that, although couples almost hated each other, they still remained together for monetary and convenience purposes. Fitzgerald's wife, Zelda Sayre, just like Daisy, married Fitzgerald for money. Until Fitzgerald started getting rich from his first novel, she had refused to marry him, just as Daisy broke her promise to Gatsby and married Tom Buchanan. Zelda also cheated on Fitzgerald with a French naval aviator, imitating Myrtle Wilson pursuing her American dream by having an affair with Tom (Willett). Not only was Zelda portrayed in the novel, but Fitzgerald himself identified a character similar to her: Jay Gatsby. . Both men spent lavishly on parties thrown to impress the love of their... middle of paper... would have gone down well in the real world, and like Zelda caused Fitzgerald great pain and conflict. The novel reflects his ideals and places them in society where they fail, as reality is. His themes of a failed romance show that he doesn't believe in relationships or anything like that. Works Cited Bryfonski, Dedria, and Phyllis Carmel Mendelson. “F. Scott Fitzgerald.” Literary criticism of the twentieth century. Detroit: Gale Research, 1978. Print.Kirby, Lisa A. “Shades of Passage: Teaching and Interrogating Identity in Roth's The Human Stain and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.” Philip Roth Studies 2.2 (2006): 151. Literature Resource Center. Network. January 15, 2014.Will, Barbara. "The Great Gatsby and the Obscene Word." University Literature 32.4 (2005): 125. Literature Resource Center. Network. January 15, 2014.Willett, Erika. "F. Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream." PBS. PBS, Web. January 16. 2014.