F. Scott Fitzgerald Archives / Carl Van Vechten / Jay Henry
L to R: Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald circa February 1920; the tombstone of the Fitzgeralds in St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Rockville, Maryland; F. Scott Fitzgerald in June 1937.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 morality tale is driven by the contrast between the fundamental goodness of Gatsby and the cold self-seeking of the Buchanans.