Ernest Hemingway’s Perspective On Zelda

Ernest Hemingway’s Perspective On Zelda Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway thinks that Zelda Fitzgerald is a nuisance to Scott Fitzgerald’s work. Hemingway thinks that Zelda tries to get in the way of Scotts work because she is jealous; “I learned to know that smile very well. It meant she knew Scott would not be able to write” (180). He notices she found ways to mess with his work; “He would start to work and as soon as he was working well Zelda would begin complaining about how bored she was and get him off on another drunken party” (181). He realizes that Zelda knew that Scott was jealous of her because of all the men that liked her, although Zelda had no interest in these people “it amused her and it made Scott jealous and he had to go with her to the places” (183). Although she is crazy Hemingway does not hate Zelda; “Zelda was very beautiful and was tanned a lovely gold color” (186) “and she was friendly” (186). Overall Hemingway thinks that Zelda friendly and not a terrible person, but she is a very terrible influence on Scotts career in writing.