Scott Fitzgerald, the lack of parental influence has many negative effects on the younger generation. Fitzgerald depicts these effects through two of the main characters in the novel, Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert. Both of these characters suffer from alack of maternal care as children, combined with negative societal forces, which results in a of lack respect for their elders, low ethical standards. This ultimately leads to their emotional and financial decline. In his novel, The Beautiful and Damned, F. Scott Fitzgerald shows the reader that a lack of parental guidance combined with the pressure of societal norms and excessive wealth, have a detrimental effect on the on the youth of the early 1900's. .
The protagonist of this novel, Anthony Patch's lack of navigation from his mother and father, directly affects the way in which he learns to treat those around him. Anthony lacks the traditional moral lessons and ethical behaviors are traditionally taught to children at a young age by their parents. Anthony, as said by Podis," . . . lives with his parents as a very small boy, but his mother . . . dies when he is not more than six or seven. His memories of her are faint." (2). After the death of his wife, Anthony's father was in a very delicate yet destructive state. Podis reminds the reader "Anthony's father is often drunk and generally negligent . . ." (3). Patch Senior drinks very heavily and breaks many promises to his son. One of those includes taking young Anthony on 'trips'. "On one trip they do take, Anthony's father dies amid, 'much sweating and grunting and crying aloud for air,' leaving the child and orphan at eleven." (Podis 3). Following the death of both of his parents, there is a subtle change in Anthony where by his isolation increases and, "at sixteen he had lived almost entirely within himself." (Fitzgerald 5). The death of his parents seems to have caused the end of his emotional maturity and moral growth, causing him to act immaturely and almost childlike for most of his life.
F. Scott Fitzgerald F. ... Scott Fitzgerald was not highly regarded during his life. ... Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. ... After Fitzgerald's second novel "The Beautiful and the Damned" he and Zelda had their only child, Scottie. ...
Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. ... His father soon lost a job when Fitzgerald was young, and that is when F. ... Fitzgerald realized he needed another novel and then began working on his second novel, The Beautiful and Damned. ... Scott Fitzgerald). ... Scott Fitzgerald. ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Minnesota on September the 24th, 1896 to Edward Fitzgerald, a failed furniture salesman and Mary McQuilan. ... A year after the Fitzgerald's married, Fitzgerald wrote The Beautiful and the Damned. ... INSPIRATIONS Many of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novels are semi - autobiographical and he uses his own lifestyle and experiences to shape the plot of his novels and to craft his characters. ...
-Gloria Patch (p. l34) F. Scott Fitzgerald began his second novel in l920. ... Fitzgerald first called it The Flight of the Rocket and later renamed it The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy. Finally it became The Beautiful and Damned In regards to the plot, in a technical way, The Beautiful and Damned is orderly and easy to understand. ... The title suggests the protagonists' movement from the pampered life of the beautiful to the suffering of the damned. ...
F. ... Scott Fitzgerald himself. ... Scott Fitzgerald, the man and the writer, one must be familiar with the idea of doubleness. ... Perhaps it was because beautiful women love young men in uniform. ... Scott Fitzgerald fell head over heels in love with the Montgomery belle Zelda Sayre. ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald uses his method to create the appearance and personality of imaginary persons and reveals their character. ... Scott Fitzgerald shows that the drive for wealth, along with happiness and fulfillment leads to moral corruption through his characterization. ... But all the rest of that's a God damned lie. ... Scott Fitzgerald shows that the drive for wealth, happiness and fulfillment leads to moral corruption. ...
