Nick and Francis, Francis and Nick

After reading the Gatsby criticisms last week, I've started wondering how much of the novel was Fitzgerald writing from the perspective of Nick, and how much was Fitzgerald's own voice. I thought I should conduct an extremely scientific investigation of this:

On your left, is the incredibly handsome Francis Scott Fitzgerald. That gelled back hair with spikes on both hemisphere of his cerebrum is obviously symbolic of the East Egg and the West Egg, with the middle part signifying the Valley of Ashes. 

Right beneath him is Nick Carraway from the most recent live-action remake of The Great Gatsby. 

Honestly, this resemblance is kind of impressive. They both have similar hair and the exact same confused, furrowed eyebrows... So far, the ruling is in favor of Nick being the "platonic conception" of Fitzgerald.

Now, if what they say is true, and you are who you surround yourself with, we must also compare Zelda to Jordan.

For the comparison between Zelda and Jordan, we should go a little bit beyond surface level:

Both women were "New Woman", flapper girls of the early 1920s. Zelda was an alcoholic, and her relationship with Fitzgerald was highly toxic. 

Like Jordan (and all of the socialites), Zelda seems obsessed with wealth and status-- in fact, she refused to marry Fitzgerald until he gained recognition from his first novel. From this series of events, Zelda almost sounds more like Daisy...

The points are stacking up in favor of Nick and Francis being one and the same, but let's check one last thing...

Hemmingway, on the left, was rumored to be in a relationship with Fitzgerald. The rumors gained so much attention, that even Zelda used to accuse Francis of cheating on her with him. Perhaps Fitzgerald channeled all this queer energy into writing Nick and Gatsby's relationship? 

First off, I must say, casting Leo DiCaprio as Gatsby, if Gatsby was supposed to be Hemmingway, is the highest compliment anyone has ever paid Hemmingway. 

But secondly, Gatsby and Hemmingway seem to exude the same, collected, intelligent aura. Owl Eyes seemed shocked that the books were "Absolutely real-- have pages and everything. [He] thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real. Pages and--Here!" Portraying Gatsby as an intelligent and introspective man before Nick even meets him may be a nod to Hemmingway, who didn't just own books, but wrote them.

In conclusion, although there are some things in The Great Gatsby that I hope never happened in real life (namely, the deaths), the resemblance between's Nick's life and Fitzgerald's own seem too uncanny to be coincidence.