... could be taken as the "language" of human reason, which was championed in the French Revolution. The Revolution, however, will be the catalyst for Wordsworth's suffering. Wordsworth's suffering is poignantly expressed throughout "Book X." The French are repressive, not only in their physical occupation, but also in their psychological occupation. They are invaders of the intellect, seeking to extinguish ... if they were the life of it (Wordsworth 199). The French turned into oppressors of body and mind. Wordsworth's affection for mankind now begins to transform into a repulsive melanch...

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... work. He dabbles with writing a medieval essay, and rejects his grandfathers' offer to make him a war correspondent. Anthony falls apart in wild and repulsive parties during which "people broke things: people became sick in Gloria's bathroom; people spilled wine; people made unbelievable messes of the kitchenette." ( p. ... feeble parody on his own adolescence." (p. ll9). Fitzgerald creates Anthony to be a dreamer, a man trapped in his illusions of what he hoped life would be like. He is one in a long line of dreamers to follow in the next five novels Fitzgerald would ever write. We fe...

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• Grade Level: High School