“Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.”

By Makayla F.

The many famous words "novels are not written, or at least begun with the idea of making and ultimate philosophical system," we're spoken by Escott Fitzgerald, the author of the popular novel, The Great Gatsby. In the biography by Rose Adrienne Gallo she informs readers how Fitzgerald became successful. He was born in 1896 and to this day he is known as one of the greatest writers.

Fitzgerald was born into a upper-middle-class family, and received his name after the famous Francis Scott key, the writer of the Star-Spangled Banner. Fitzgerald spent the first decade of his life living in New York. He went to Princeton University and this is where he pursued his life in writing. Escott was a terrific writer, and in his lifetime he made 5 novels (one was not finished) and many short stories. His most famous novels are The Great Gatsby,This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night, and his final unfinished novel was The Love of the Last Tycoon. Out of his multiple short stories the most famous one written is probably The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Some of his novel and shorts stories were made to film. Some were filmed multiple times.

The biography of Escott Fitzgerald was an okay book. I would rate it 3 out of 10 stars considering that the book really focuses on Escotts background information and does not have much on how successful he was. If you were to pick this book up and ask me if you should read it, I would tell you to read it for a school project and not for enjoyment.