"Unwilling to wait while Fitzgerald succeeded in the advertisement business and unwilling to live on his small salary, Zelda Sayre broke their engagement."
From this quotation, there appear certain affinities between Fitzgerald's life and his novel, The Great Gatsby. The first affinity arrises between Zelda Sayre and Daisy Buchanan. Both women signify a breaking of the engagement with their male partners. In Fitzgerald's life, Zelda escapes, in Gatsby's life, Daisy escapes. Therefore, Fitzgerald and Gatsby are almost identical with each other. The quotation also suggests that Fitzgerald was in the advertisement business. The same business appears in the novel with the gigantic sign post of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. The "small salary" in the novel can be attributed to Wilson, the poor mechanic. The sign overlooks Wilson's gas station. Therefore, in a way there is an affinity between the poor Fitzgerald and Wilson.
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