t from the US Polo Association. Tommy Hitchcock was also an aviator for France in World War I; Tom Buchanan was having an affair with Myrtle Wilson similar to the one Zelda had with a French aviator ("Hitchcock, Thomas Jr." 426).Jordan Baker is the influence of Edith Cummings, one of Ginevra King's friends throughout her school years while going out with Fitzgerald (H, Nicole 1). Like Jordan, Edith was a professional golfer, winning the 1923 USGA Woman's Championship ("The official site of the 100th Woman's Armature Championship 1).Meyer Wolfsheim has been influenced by Arnold Rothstein a famous gambler in business with Fitzgerald's neighbor (H, Nicole 1). "Wolfsheim is a memorable figure, and his very 'sentiment' creates a kind of absurd horror like modern 'syndicate' gangsters who are nice citizens in their own community, and who contribute to boy-scout troops while controlling the sale of narcotics," ("F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Character Analyses" 3). Arnold was the same way in the fact that he ran racing stables and bail bond operations. He also was accused in master minding large gambling scandals, including the fixing of the 1919 World Series by bribing nine players for the White Sox to throw the game to Cincinnati. Other than Rothstein's connections with gambling, he was a very kind man who did give back to his community (Rothstein 264).The Great Gatsby was finally published in 1925, but not before going through at least half a dozen title changes, some of them being, Among Ash Heaps and Millionaires, On The Road To West Egg, and Trimalchio, before finally settling for The Great Gatsby (Mizener 191). The novels release was met by critical acclaim and considered his best work ever. Though with good reviews, the sales of the novel never took off, the majority of the revenue brought in by "Gatsby," was made through sales for stage performances, and some fifty years later, the movie with Robert Redford, and Mia Farr...
