Jennifer R. Kinsey
Professor Natascha Gast
America Literature since the Civil War
March 30, 2014
This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, I chose to write about the main character Amory Blaine. My goal is to show how unique and American Amory Blaine is from a very early age to adulthood. It will show how Amory Blaine can be compared to others in this century.
Amory Blaine is the son of a man that is ineffectual, inarticulate of having a habit of drowsing over the Encyclopedia Britannica (F. Scott Fitzgerald) who met Beatrice O’Hara, Amory’s mother, at Bar Harbor. Amory’s father became wealthy through the death of his two brothers, who were both successful brokers in Chicago. Being in an American family, the normalcy of growing up would be for the father to take care of the family. Amory’s mother, Beatrice, came from a very wealthy and well educated family from Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
At an early age of five, Amory was already his mother’s companion; they set off to see the country in his father’s car up to he reached the age of ten. The life Beatrice and Amory were living, was not quite conventional, they are separate from most people, but unique and quite distinct from the other wealthy people around them. Beatrice was a sophisticated and well educated woman and who ensured Amory grew up the same. These are things which set him apart from his peers.
Amory attended school in Minnesota and lived with his Aunt and Uncle for two years after his mother had a nervous breakdown. Not a big fan of school, Amory was invited to a party hosted by a young lady named Myra. As all young boys become infatuated by pretty young girls Amory was no different and tempted Myra into kissing him. A gentle and subt...
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...Atlantic City. He realized for once he thought about someone else than his self, that he put his reputation on the line to help his friend Alec. At this time, Amory knows his life will be successful in the future. He knows he has acted selfishly in his earlier years but now he has begun to know himself and all that he can accomplish.
In conclusion to the story of Amory Blaine, he is genuinely an American. He has gone through the trials and tribulations that Americans go through. He was brought up in a wealthy family, went to college, then off to war, then to come back from war with no family or money. Amory finally started reflecting on his life and how it had become. Starting off in his youthful years he was an egotist but once he went through all the love and heart aches of different women and losing friends through the war, Amory realized he became a personage.
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idea of what Beatrice thinks he is like, so they do not have very high
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