In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published his book, The Great Gatsby. Since then, the book's popularity has continued to grow, it is still taught in schools and has been adapted for film twice. The book takes you through the adventures of a hopeless romantic who throws extravagant parties in the hopes of one day discovering someone to help him find the girl he's always loved. Gatsby puts his lover, Daisy, on a pedestal and believes that she is larger than life. Everything he does to convince her is ideally perfect, but not realistic. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald highlights the concept of idealism versus realism throughout the book. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was very intelligent and had a gift for writing, and his first writing appeared in a school newspaper when he was 13. When he was 15, his parents sent him to Newman School in New Jersey. He later attended Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. He joined their Triangle club and wrote the scripts and lyrics for their musicals. He loved partying with his friends and eventually showed signs of a drinking problem early on. While attending a dance during his sophomore year of college, he met a 16-year-old girl named Jennifer. His father told him that “poor boys don’t marry rich girls.” (The Great American Dreamer). He started failing in school, so he decided to drop out and join the war, then imagined himself as a war hero. He attended a party while waiting to be sent to war and met his future wife Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court justice. He eventually published his first book, This Side of Paradise, and enjoyed great success. He and Zelda were at an all time high in their lives... middle of paper... oars, imagination and reality. Fitzgerald did a fantastic job creating this book, especially because there is a bit of himself and things done in his life that he described in the book. The real reason this is still taught in schools today is that it is very dynamic. It teaches many lessons and provides insight into life in the 1920s. It shows the reader why: "Rich girls don't marry poor boys." It shows the reader what it's like to be so obsessed with something or someone that the idea or dream they create to be with them can never come true because it is so unrealistic . All this is still relevant today. Although it was written in the 1920s, this book is still able to connect with people today because everyone has that one person they can never be with at some point in their life. The Great Gatsby is truly a fantastic book.