"Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

He says that he wants Honoria to live with him and that he has changed. He says he drinks one drink per day on purpose so that he doesn’t obsess about it ever again. Marion doesn’t understand this, but Lincoln claims that he understands Charlie. Charlie settles in for a long fight, reminding himself that his objective isn’t to justify his behavior but to win Honoria back. Marion says that Charlie hasn’t existed for her since he locked Helen, her sister and Charlie’s wife, out of their apartment. Charlie says Marion can trust him. As it becomes increasingly clear that Marion simply doesn’t like Charlie, he begins to worry that she will turn Honoria against him. He stresses that he will be able to give Honoria a good life and then realizes that Marion and Lincoln don’t want to hear about how much wealthier he is than they are. He craves a

In “By the Waters of Babylon,” by Stephen Vincent Benét, set in a future following the destruction of industrial civilization, the story is narrated by a young man who is the son of a priest. The priests of John’s people,“the hill people,” are inquisitive people associated with the divine. They are the only ones who can handle metal collected from the home’s “also known as the Dead Places” of long-dead people whom they believe to be god's. Truth and knowledge are displayed as a role for priests to know and not everyone else; because, of consequences that could happen if someone knows too much. Truth and knowledge are only controlled by priests to keep everyone in the village safe; so, no one knows the truth about the gods or anything else that will let society fall to pieces. The narrator's journey and discoveries reveal that the not all knowledge is true. This discovery will influence his knowledge and actions for the remainder of his life.

F. Scott Fitzgerald, a St. Paul, Minnesota native, was born on September 24, 1896. His father, Edward Fitzgerald, had co-written a novel in his youth and often read works by Edgar Allen Poe and Lord George Gordon Byron to Scott during his childhood. While Fitzgerald’s father praised his literary attempts, both of his parents encouraged him to pursue other career paths. Nevertheless, Fitzgerald was steadfast in his literary endeavors, writing for both his high school and college newspapers. He later dropped out of Princeton University in order to join the army and continued to pursue writing, penning both magazine articles and musical lyrics (Adams 10-11).

The modern period is known for its unanticipated disruptions, main concern with inner self and consciousness, and decline and an increasing isolation of the individual. The Lost Generation writers used these frameworks while living overseas to follow their artistic desires. Some writers known to this group were Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. “The term itself refers to the spiritual and existential hangover left by four years of unimaginably destructive warfare.” (Rahn). The Lost Generation authors wrote to find importance in a world full of disorder. “The Lost Generation, like other ‘High Modernists,’ gave up on the idea that anything was truly knowable. All truth became relative, conditional and in flux” (Rahn). Following along with the trend of going abroad and leaving America, Fitzgerald traveled to France where he went on to write his most famous work, The Great Gatsby. The novel was later revised in Rome, and during its publishing Fitzgerald was spending time in Paris

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Scott Fitzgerald born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It’s safe to say writing runs in Fitzgerald’s family because his cousin Francis Scott Key wrote the “Star-Spangled banner”. Fitzgerald spent most of his young childhood moving around New York due to his father’s work, in 1908, the family moved back to St. Paul and lived off his mother’s inheritance. When Fitzgerald was fifteen years old his parents sent him to a respected catholic school, this is where he met Father Sigourney Fay, who quickly noted that he had a great talent for writing and encouraged him to continue writing. Upon graduating Catholic School Fitzgerald continued to write at The University of Princeton. He wrote musicals for the school and even had a section in the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and stories for the Nassau Literary Magazine, this kept him away from his school work which led to academic probation. In 1917 Fitzgerald decided to join the U.S. Army this was around the time of World War 1, before being sent off to the camp he wrote a novel “The Romantic Egotist” his novel was rejected by Charles Scribner’s Sons, the critic noted its originality and heartened Fitzgerald to continue writing. Fitzgerald was sent to Alabama and quickly promoted to second lieutenant. It was at Camp Sheridan where Fitzgerald fell in love with Zelda Sayre Daughter of a respected Supreme Court judge. The war concluded in 1918 before Fitzgerald was ever deployed. After being discharged he moved to New York

An example of a work that is heavily influenced by the time period in which it was written is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “Babylon Revisited.” Set in Paris during the 1920s, this work delineates the story of a man named Charlie Wales who was at the pinnacle of his life when he succumbed to greed, irresponsibility, and addiction. As a result of his carelessness, Wales experiences a tragic downfall. He not only endures the death of his wife Helen, but he also loses his material fortune, his reputation, and— most importantly— the custody of his daughter Honoria.

Charlie was trying to change for the better, his sister-in-law not liking him reflected him in many ways as well for the fact that he had to prove to her that he was a changed man to have custody of his daughter again. He went from drinking drastically to having as little as one drink per day. Who says being a young dad was an easy task? Often Hornia questions why she wasn't able to live with her dad. As stated in the story Marion questions whether he has changed when his old friends entered his life, as they say, birds of a feather flock together. Well, we do want to know was his friends going to influence him back downhill? will he go back to his insane drinking days? In the story, it does mention he meets up with his old friends, in my opinion, Charlie is having some difficulties trying to overcome his drinking habits, although he shouldn't be judged for his past but he should be observed for his current actions.

Having an addiction can be an agonizing and insufferable adventure anyone can ever face. It usually starts small with a “I’ll try it once”, then eventually becomes a fully developed addiction. In Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin, both poems portray blindness verses sight. Babylon Revisited is about a man named Charles Wales who returns to Paris and is on a mission to regain custody of his daughter while being blinded by his addictions whereas Sonny’s Blues is about a narrator and his younger brother Sonny. Sonny gets arrested and tries to explain his suffering and how his addictions was his escape but his brother (the narrator) is blinded by Sonny’s addictions as well. The purpose for writing this paper is to explain how the imagery of blindness verses sight is similar and different in both Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin using their addictions. Both poems show how an addiction can create a barrier or prevent progress which makes it harder to overcome. In most cases it was the characters themselves preventing their progression in my opinion. For this reason, a question to consider is; was addiction actually blindness to both Sonny and Charles or was this just an escape from pain?

13-14) For her, Charlie was the embodiment of that villain. Though the argument that resulted in the incident was the fault of both parties, Marion is unwilling or unable to consider Helen an equal party to Charlie's excesses. Marion's hatred of Charlie makes it impossible for her to impartially judge his attempts to rebuild his life. When she questions, "How long are you going to stay sober, Charlie?" (p. 12) at dinner the first evening of his return, her behavior is colored by her ill feelings toward her brother-in-law, but her concern for his willingness to stay sober is valid and understandable given Charlie's past behavior and her genuine concern for Honoria's best interests. His continued separation from Honoria is wrenching, but Marion's resistance to relinquishing custody, though partially fuelled by her hatred of Charlie, is also motivated by her fondness for her niece.

“The door of the world was open again. He made plans, vistas, futures for Honoria and himself” (2211). But soon the happy thoughts are clouded by the memories of his late wife, Helen. His memories would always be around to haunt him, and this became extremely clear when Charlie received a letter from an old friend of his. Lorraine Quarrles, who he ran into when he was with Honoria, was one of the people he spent most of his time with when drunk. During his encounter with her and another friend, Duncan Schaeffer, they were taken aback by his sobriety and tried to offer him a drink on multiple occasions. His refusal and later lack of contact cause the two to seek out Charlie for themselves, and from here on, everything goes downhill. The pair show up to the Peters’ just when Charlie, Marion, and Lincoln are finalizing the plans regarding Honoria’s custody. Charlie is outraged by their sudden appearance, but so is Marion. She changes her mind about giving away her custodial rights; the drunk pair just gave her more proof that Charlie would never change. He vows to come back some day stating “they couldn’t make him pay forever” (2215). All he wants is his child, and his past has kept him from

Charlie and his wife lived in Paris during the twenties, and just as any other night they were out drinking and having fun. They get into a fight witch results in his wife, Helen, kissing another man. Charlie storms home, and an hour later when Helen has stumbled herself home, Charlie locks her out of their apartment and she dies soon after. Charlie has a breakdown and is institutionalized right before he looses all his money in the stock market crash of 1929. As the story opens three years later Charlie is back in Paris, sober, determined to get custody over his daughter, Honoria, who lives with Helens sister, Marion.

“You are all a lost generation…” Ernest Hemingway writes in his book The Sun Also Rises. The lost generation often refers to a group of writers during the 1920’s; it consisted of many writers such as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald and Hemingway were two of many great literary writers who attempted to change the world in a post World War 1 era. Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises and Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby both impacted the 1920’s world with their common themes and beliefs portrayed through their literary works. A similar theme between the two works was the impact the war had on the people of the world.

There are different types of experiences that Fitzgerald had throughout his life. Some experiences could be happy, exciting or some could be sad, disturbing. F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul, MN (“F (rancis)”). He died on December 21, 1940, in Hollywood, CA (“F (rancis)”). Fitzgerald’s father’s name was Edward Fitzgerald, and his mother’s name was Mary (Mollie) McQuillan (Matthew). When Fitzgerald was a child, he did not get the chance to make childhood friends because his parents moved different places before he started his school. “Fitzgerald attended the Newman school in Hackensack, New Jersey and while he was in school; he continued to write for school publication” (“F (rancis)”). After he graduated high school, he attended Princeton University class of

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