Gatsby As F. Scott Fitzgerald's Self-Portrait Many times it has been stated that Gatsby was Fitzgerald and that Gatsby was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s self-portrait. There are similarities between the two, for instance, both were lieutenants in the military, and both attended prestigious universities. But Fitzgerald’s intent in writing The Great Gatsby was not to be compared to Gatsby. Fitzgerald did, however, include many lines in the novel which can very well be compared to his life and the people he cared most about. F. Scott Fitzgerald was often referred to as anti-Semitic. The portraits of Wolfsheim and his “gonnegtions” in The Great Gatsby were not flattering. In the novel, Fitzgerald used a Jewish character to emphasize some of the most inferior aspects of American life. Fitzgerald always felt that his wife, Zelda, was a d....

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