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The Story of an Hour

2021-09-01T13:56:01Z

Lily3martin: /* Major themes */

{{Infobox short story
| name = The Story of an Hour
| image = 
| caption =
| author = [[w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin]]
| title_orig =
| translator =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Short Story
| published_in = ''[[w:Vogue|Vogue]]''
| publication_type = Magazine
| publisher =
| media_type =
| pub_date = 1894
| english_pub_date =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| preceded_by_italics =
| followed_by_italics =
}}

'''''“The Story of an Hour”''''' is a short story by Kate Chopin that first appeared in ''Vogue'' in 1894.


==Plot==
Louise Mallard receives news of her husband’s death at his job on the railroad. After grieving, she realizes that she is “free, free, free!”{{Sfn|Chopin|2002|p=200}} Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart disease.

==Characters==
'''Louise Mallard:''' She is the wife of Brently Mallard who suffers from heart disease.

'''Brently Mallard:''' A railroad worker, he is the husband to Louise Mallard, who is believed dead at the start of the story.

'''Josephine:''' She is the sister of Louise Mallard and helps console her when she informs her about Brently’s death.

'''Richards:''' He is Brently’s friend who informs Josephine about the latter’s death.

==Major themes==
~thematic description, using the work of literary critics (i.e. scholars)~

A major theme throughout "The Story Of An Hour," is freedom. Once the hurt and grief of his loss passes over Louise, she realizes that she has the freedom to live her life the way she wants. You can see her moment of realization whenever she says, "free, free, free." She realizes that she is no longer held back by a marriage and has the freedom and independence to do as she pleases.

==Development history==
~history of the novel's development, if available
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

===Publication history===
~*year, country, publisher ISBN 1234567890, Pub date DD Month Year, binding~




===Explanation of the Story's Title===
Louise Mallard is told her husband was dead and with that she gained her freedom. Later Louise finds out he is alive and she dies. The character gains her freedom and dies within an hour.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

==Literary significance and reception==
~description of the work's initial reception and legacy based on the work of literary critics and commentators over
the years, give citations; if no literary significance should just be called reception~

==Awards and nominations==
~lists awards the work received, and significant nominations, if applicable; include in reception if brief~

==Adaptations==
~references to major film, TV, theatrical, radio, etc. adaptations, if applicable~

==Citations==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin|indent=yes|30em}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=Bert |title=The Teeth of Desire: ''The Awakening'' and The Descent of Man |journal=American Literature |date=1991 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=459–473 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Berkove |first1=Lawrence I. |title=Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=American Literary Realism |date=2000 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=152–158 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Chongyue |first1=Li |last2=Lihua |first2=Wang |title=A Caricature of an Ungrateful and Unfaithful Wife—A New Interpretation of 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language and Literature Studies |date={{date|2013-05-14|MDY}} |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=90–92 |url=https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ells/article/view/27476 |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{Cite book | last = Chopin | first = Kate | date = 2002 | chapter = The Story of an Hour | title = Reading and Writing about Literature | editor-last = Sipiora | editor-first = Phillip | publisher = Prentice Hall | location = Upper Saddle Creek, NJ | pages =199–200 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Mark |title=The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language Notes |date=September 2004 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=48–55 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Jamil |first1=S. Selina |title=Emotions in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=April 2009 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=215–220 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Foote |first1=J. |year=2013|title=Speed That Kills: The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=85–89 }}
* {{cite book |last=Toth |first=Emily |date={{date|1999}} |title=Unveiling Kate Chopin |url=https://archive.org/details/unveilingkatecho00toth_0 |location=Jackson, MS |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Tseng |first=Chia-Chieh |title='Joy That Kills': Female ''Jouissance'' in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=Short Story Journal |date=Fall 2014 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=29–38 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yazgı |first1=Cihan |title=Tragic Elements and Discourse-Time in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=1 October 2020 |volume=78 |issue=3–4 |pages=147–152 }}
{{refend}}

==External links==



[[Category:Literary]]
[[Category:19th Century]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]

The Story of an Hour

2021-08-31T16:34:49Z

Lily3martin: /* Major themes */

{{Infobox short story
| name = The Story of an Hour
| image = 
| caption =
| author = [[w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin]]
| title_orig =
| translator =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Short Story
| published_in = ''[[w:Vogue|Vogue]]''
| publication_type = Magazine
| publisher =
| media_type =
| pub_date = 1894
| english_pub_date =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| preceded_by_italics =
| followed_by_italics =
}}

'''''“The Story of an Hour”''''' is a short story by Kate Chopin that first appeared in ''Vogue'' in 1894.


==Plot==
~Brief summary of the plot~

The plot of "The story of an hour" is about a woman who receives bad news only for her to realize it's not as bad as she thought. As she is informed that her husband has just died in a train accident, her initial response is too weep. She wept in her sister's arms with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Soon after when the grief wore off, she went to her room to isolate herself and truly think about the news she just heard when she felt a feeling of relief. She realized that this meant she was "free, free, free!". Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart disease.

==Characters==
'''Louise Mallard:''' She is the wife of Brently Mallard who suffers from heart disease.

'''Brently Mallard:''' A railroad worker, he is the husband to Louise Mallard, who is believed dead at the start of the story.

'''Josephine:''' She is the sister of Louise Mallard and helps console her when she informs her about Brently’s death.

'''Richards:''' He is Brently’s friend who informs Josephine about the latter’s death.

==Major themes==
~thematic description, using the work of literary critics (i.e. scholars)~

A major theme throughout "The Story Of An Hour," is freedom. Once the hurt and grief passes over Louise, she realizes that she has the freedom to live her life the way she wants.

==Development history==
~history of the novel's development, if available
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

===Publication history===
~*year, country, publisher ISBN 1234567890, Pub date DD Month Year, binding~




===Explanation of the Story's Title===
~Explain the novel's title if it's not immediately obvious
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

==Literary significance and reception==
~description of the work's initial reception and legacy based on the work of literary critics and commentators over
the years, give citations; if no literary significance should just be called reception~

==Awards and nominations==
~lists awards the work received, and significant nominations, if applicable; include in reception if brief~

==Adaptations==
~references to major film, TV, theatrical, radio, etc. adaptations, if applicable~

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin|indent=yes|30em}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=Bert |title=The Teeth of Desire: ''The Awakening'' and The Descent of Man |journal=American Literature |date=1991 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=459–473 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Berkove |first1=Lawrence I. |title=Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=American Literary Realism |date=2000 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=152–158 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Chongyue |first1=Li |last2=Lihua |first2=Wang |title=A Caricature of an Ungrateful and Unfaithful Wife—A New Interpretation of 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language and Literature Studies |date={{date|2013-05-14|MDY}} |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=90–92 |url=https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ells/article/view/27476 |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{Cite book | last = Chopin | first = Kate | date = 2002 | chapter = The Story of an Hour | title = Reading and Writing about Literature | editor-last = Sipiora | editor-first = Phillip | publisher = Prentice Hall | location = Upper Saddle Creek, NJ | pages =199–200 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Mark |title=The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language Notes |date=September 2004 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=48–55 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Jamil |first1=S. Selina |title=Emotions in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=April 2009 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=215–220 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Foote |first1=J. |year=2013|title=Speed That Kills: The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=85–89 }}
* {{cite book |last=Toth |first=Emily |date={{date|1999}} |title=Unveiling Kate Chopin |url=https://archive.org/details/unveilingkatecho00toth_0 |location=Jackson, MS |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Tseng |first=Chia-Chieh |title='Joy That Kills': Female ''Jouissance'' in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=Short Story Journal |date=Fall 2014 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=29–38 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yazgı |first1=Cihan |title=Tragic Elements and Discourse-Time in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=1 October 2020 |volume=78 |issue=3–4 |pages=147–152 }}
{{refend}}

==External links==



[[Category:Literary]]
[[Category:19th Century]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]

The Story of an Hour

2021-08-31T16:28:49Z

Lily3martin: /* Plot */

{{Infobox short story
| name = The Story of an Hour
| image = 
| caption =
| author = [[w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin]]
| title_orig =
| translator =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Short Story
| published_in = ''[[w:Vogue|Vogue]]''
| publication_type = Magazine
| publisher =
| media_type =
| pub_date = 1894
| english_pub_date =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| preceded_by_italics =
| followed_by_italics =
}}

'''''“The Story of an Hour”''''' is a short story by Kate Chopin that first appeared in ''Vogue'' in 1894.


==Plot==
~Brief summary of the plot~

The plot of "The story of an hour" is about a woman who receives bad news only for her to realize it's not as bad as she thought. As she is informed that her husband has just died in a train accident, her initial response is too weep. She wept in her sister's arms with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Soon after when the grief wore off, she went to her room to isolate herself and truly think about the news she just heard when she felt a feeling of relief. She realized that this meant she was "free, free, free!". Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart disease.

==Characters==
'''Louise Mallard:''' She is the wife of Brently Mallard who suffers from heart disease.

'''Brently Mallard:''' A railroad worker, he is the husband to Louise Mallard, who is believed dead at the start of the story.

'''Josephine:''' She is the sister of Louise Mallard and helps console her when she informs her about Brently’s death.

'''Richards:''' He is Brently’s friend who informs Josephine about the latter’s death.

==Major themes==
~thematic description, using the work of literary critics (i.e. scholars)~

==Development history==
~history of the novel's development, if available
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

===Publication history===
~*year, country, publisher ISBN 1234567890, Pub date DD Month Year, binding~




===Explanation of the Story's Title===
~Explain the novel's title if it's not immediately obvious
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

==Literary significance and reception==
~description of the work's initial reception and legacy based on the work of literary critics and commentators over
the years, give citations; if no literary significance should just be called reception~

==Awards and nominations==
~lists awards the work received, and significant nominations, if applicable; include in reception if brief~

==Adaptations==
~references to major film, TV, theatrical, radio, etc. adaptations, if applicable~

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin|indent=yes|30em}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=Bert |title=The Teeth of Desire: ''The Awakening'' and The Descent of Man |journal=American Literature |date=1991 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=459–473 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Berkove |first1=Lawrence I. |title=Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=American Literary Realism |date=2000 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=152–158 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Chongyue |first1=Li |last2=Lihua |first2=Wang |title=A Caricature of an Ungrateful and Unfaithful Wife—A New Interpretation of 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language and Literature Studies |date={{date|2013-05-14|MDY}} |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=90–92 |url=https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ells/article/view/27476 |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{Cite book | last = Chopin | first = Kate | date = 2002 | chapter = The Story of an Hour | title = Reading and Writing about Literature | editor-last = Sipiora | editor-first = Phillip | publisher = Prentice Hall | location = Upper Saddle Creek, NJ | pages =199–200 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Mark |title=The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language Notes |date=September 2004 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=48–55 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Jamil |first1=S. Selina |title=Emotions in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=April 2009 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=215–220 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Foote |first1=J. |year=2013|title=Speed That Kills: The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=85–89 }}
* {{cite book |last=Toth |first=Emily |date={{date|1999}} |title=Unveiling Kate Chopin |url=https://archive.org/details/unveilingkatecho00toth_0 |location=Jackson, MS |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Tseng |first=Chia-Chieh |title='Joy That Kills': Female ''Jouissance'' in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=Short Story Journal |date=Fall 2014 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=29–38 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yazgı |first1=Cihan |title=Tragic Elements and Discourse-Time in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=1 October 2020 |volume=78 |issue=3–4 |pages=147–152 }}
{{refend}}

==External links==



[[Category:Literary]]
[[Category:19th Century]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]

The Story of an Hour

2021-08-31T16:28:16Z

Lily3martin: /* Plot */

{{Infobox short story
| name = The Story of an Hour
| image = 
| caption =
| author = [[w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin]]
| title_orig =
| translator =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Short Story
| published_in = ''[[w:Vogue|Vogue]]''
| publication_type = Magazine
| publisher =
| media_type =
| pub_date = 1894
| english_pub_date =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| preceded_by_italics =
| followed_by_italics =
}}

'''''“The Story of an Hour”''''' is a short story by Kate Chopin that first appeared in ''Vogue'' in 1894.


==Plot==
~Brief summary of the plot~

The plot of "The story of an hour" is about a woman who receives bad news only for her to realize it's not as bad as she thought. As she is informed that her husband has just died in a train accident, her initial response is too weep. She wept in her sister's arms with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. Soon after when the grief wore off, she went to her room to isolate herself and truly think about the news she just heard when she felt a feeling of relief. She realized that this meant she was "free, free, free!". Only then, for her husband to step through the doors and her die of a heart attack.

==Characters==
'''Louise Mallard:''' She is the wife of Brently Mallard who suffers from heart disease.

'''Brently Mallard:''' A railroad worker, he is the husband to Louise Mallard, who is believed dead at the start of the story.

'''Josephine:''' She is the sister of Louise Mallard and helps console her when she informs her about Brently’s death.

'''Richards:''' He is Brently’s friend who informs Josephine about the latter’s death.

==Major themes==
~thematic description, using the work of literary critics (i.e. scholars)~

==Development history==
~history of the novel's development, if available
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

===Publication history===
~*year, country, publisher ISBN 1234567890, Pub date DD Month Year, binding~




===Explanation of the Story's Title===
~Explain the novel's title if it's not immediately obvious
(e.g., ''[[w:Things Fall Apart|Things Fall Apart]]'')~

==Literary significance and reception==
~description of the work's initial reception and legacy based on the work of literary critics and commentators over
the years, give citations; if no literary significance should just be called reception~

==Awards and nominations==
~lists awards the work received, and significant nominations, if applicable; include in reception if brief~

==Adaptations==
~references to major film, TV, theatrical, radio, etc. adaptations, if applicable~

==Bibliography==
{{refbegin|indent=yes|30em}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=Bert |title=The Teeth of Desire: ''The Awakening'' and The Descent of Man |journal=American Literature |date=1991 |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=459–473 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Berkove |first1=Lawrence I. |title=Fatal Self-Assertion in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=American Literary Realism |date=2000 |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=152–158 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Chongyue |first1=Li |last2=Lihua |first2=Wang |title=A Caricature of an Ungrateful and Unfaithful Wife—A New Interpretation of 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language and Literature Studies |date={{date|2013-05-14|MDY}} |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=90–92 |url=https://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ells/article/view/27476 |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{Cite book | last = Chopin | first = Kate | date = 2002 | chapter = The Story of an Hour | title = Reading and Writing about Literature | editor-last = Sipiora | editor-first = Phillip | publisher = Prentice Hall | location = Upper Saddle Creek, NJ | pages =199–200 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Cunningham |first1=Mark |title=The Autonomous Female Self and the Death of Louise Mallard in Kate Chopin's 'Story of an Hour' |journal=English Language Notes |date=September 2004 |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=48–55 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Jamil |first1=S. Selina |title=Emotions in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=April 2009 |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=215–220 }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Foote |first1=J. |year=2013|title=Speed That Kills: The Role of Technology in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |volume=71 |issue=2 |pages=85–89 }}
* {{cite book |last=Toth |first=Emily |date={{date|1999}} |title=Unveiling Kate Chopin |url=https://archive.org/details/unveilingkatecho00toth_0 |location=Jackson, MS |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |access-date={{date|2021-08-27|ISO}} }}
* {{cite journal |last=Tseng |first=Chia-Chieh |title='Joy That Kills': Female ''Jouissance'' in Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=Short Story Journal |date=Fall 2014 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=29–38 }}
* {{cite journal |last1=Yazgı |first1=Cihan |title=Tragic Elements and Discourse-Time in 'The Story of an Hour' |journal=The Explicator |date=1 October 2020 |volume=78 |issue=3–4 |pages=147–152 }}
{{refend}}

==External links==



[[Category:Literary]]
[[Category:19th Century]]
[[Category:Short Stories]]

Yellow Woman

2021-08-31T16:08:46Z

Lily3martin: /* Characters */

[[image:Yellow.jpg|thumb|Yellow Woman]]
==Factual Information==
"Yellow Woman" is a [[short story]] written by Leslie Marmon Silko, originally published in the 1974 anthology, The Man to Send Rain Clouds: Contemporary Stories by American Indians, edited by Kenneth Rosen. [2]

==Characters==

===Yellow Woman===
Yellow Woman is a female who leaves her family to have a brief sexual encounter with a Navajo man. Yellow Woman is not her real name.

===Silva===
Silva is the Navajo man that Yellow Woman runs away with for a brief time. The story leads you to believe he is a cattle thief and maybe even a murderer.

===Grandfather===
Grandfather is just a memory to Yellow Woman now because he is dead. He told her all the stories about Yellow Woman.

===The Rancher===
The Rancher is a fat white man who has a sour smell to him. He and his people have been looking for Silva for a long time because he's a thief who rustles their cattle for the meat.

==Plot==
The [[plot]] of "Yellow Woman" is about a woman who meets a Navajo man named Silva while out walking one day. She becomes intrigued by this man and leaves her family behind to be with him. She has sexual intercourse with him all the while she is confused about why she would do something so wrong. [1]

==Themes==
A few [[themes]] of this story are [[myth]], heritage, and desire. The desire comes from how she feels when she is with him. The [[myth]] is about how she wants to live out the stories she has heard from her grandfather about a woman called Yellow Woman.

==Works Cited==
#Silko, Leslie. "Yellow Woman" Reading and Writing about Literature. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River, 2002.
#Silko, Leslie. "Yellow Woman" Dr. Fidel Fajardo-Acosta. World Liturature Website 2001-2005 <http://www.fajardo-acosta.com/worldlit/silko/yellow_woman.htm>.

Babylon Revisited

2021-08-23T15:34:25Z

Lily3martin: /* Marion Peters */

{{Infobox short story
| name = Babylon Revisited
| image = 
| caption =
| author = [[w:F. Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
| title_orig =
| translator =
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre =
| published_in = ''[[w:The Saturday Evening Post|The Saturday Evening Post]]''
| publication_type = Magazine
| publisher =
| media_type =
| pub_date = 1931
| english_pub_date =
| preceded_by =
| followed_by =
| preceded_by_italics =
| followed_by_italics =
}}

"Babylon Revisited" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It first appeared in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 21, 1931.

==Characters==
===Charlie Wales===
Charlie Wales, the story’s protagonist, has come to Paris from Prague to regain custody of his daughter, Honoria, from his sister-in-law.

=== Helen Wales ===
Charlie’s dead wife and mother of Honoria.

===Honoria Wales===
Honoria is the daughter of Charlie Wales and his deceased wife, Helen.

===Marion Peters===
Marion is a tall woman with worried eyes. She is the sister-in-law to Charlie Wales and sister to the deceased, Helen. She is the antagonist who stands in the way of Charlie getting his daughter back, who she has full custody over.

===Lincoln Peters===
Lincoln is married to Marion Wales and shares custody of Honoria.

===Lorraine Quarrles===
Lorraine, “a lovely, pale blonde of thirty,” is a friend of Charlie’s from his past. She likely had an affair with Charlie.

===Duncan Shaeffer===
Duncan is a friend of Charlie's from college.

==Plot==
“Babylon Revisited” is about Charlie Wales attempting to correct his past and regain custody of his daughter. He has to overcome his drinking and try to regain his wealth. He returns to Paris from Prague to try and convince his sister-in-law, who has custody of his daughter, that he has changed so that she will sign over custody to him. Charlie has to still overcome obstacles in his present while trying to prove that he has changed.

==Themes==
One [[theme]] of this story is Charlie's struggle to prove to everyone that he has changed from the person they knew that stayed out drinking and partying. There are still some passages in the story that can make the reader wonder if he has really changed.

==Comparisons To The Author's Life==
It is easy to see parallels between a piece of literature and the life of it’s author. This is made evident with F. Scott Fitzgerald and his essay “Babylon Revisited”. The essay is a story of money and family lost to alcoholism and the remnants of life left behind. As compelling a story as this is on it’s own, it becomes even more interesting with the knowledge that Fitzgerald experienced much of the same.

In “Babylon Revisited” Fitzgerald writes of a man who falls into a great deal of money, then spends without caution while in France with his wife. He becomes an alcoholic, the money is quickly lost, his wife dies, and custody of their young daughter goes to his late wife’s sister. All of this is given almost as an after thought, as the story picks up as the protagonist, Charlie Wales, comes back to America to reclaim custody of his daughter. It is not an easy task, as his sister-in-law, Marion, blames Charlie for the death of his wife. The overall theme of the story is living to regret misusing an extravagant lifestyle. By all indications, this is also the overall theme to Fitzgerald’s life.

In 1920 Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre and they began a lifestyle of decadence. While he tried to gain credibility in the literary world, he was seen as too much the party boy. The couple had their first and only child, affectionately known as Scottie, in 1921. His drinking quickly escalated to the point of alcoholism. His wife also drank, but was not seen as an alcoholic. The couple fought quite often, being in a hostile state that was brought on by drinking. During their years together the couple spent their money too extravagantly, putting them in debt. The family went to France in early 1924, where he wrote The Great Gatsby. While there Zelda’s partying ways went too far: she had an affair. Though they stayed together, the marriage was irreparably damaged. She later suffered mental breakdowns and ended up spending her life in and out of asylums. Fitzgerald eventually moved out of his family’s home and rented a house for himself. He was not providing a good enough environment for his 14 year old daughter so she was sent to a boarding school. Another family, the Obers, took over caring for her. Fitzgerald kept up writing to her and kept a hand over her education. Fitzgerald died in a girlfriend’s apartment in 1940. Zelda died in a fire at a sanitarium in 1948.

The parallels are quite obvious between the protagonist’s life and that of the author -- spending beyond his means, drinking to excess, and losing his child to another family. Though Fitzgerald’s wife died years after his own death, it could be argued that the parallel between his life and the death of Charlie Wales’s wife comes when Zelda had her affair. While the guilt he may have felt over his wife straying is not known, it is known that after that affair the marriage had essentially ended. It suffered a metaphoric death.

In reading through the life of Charlie Wales, strong parallels are shown to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life. The high times Charlie experiences are those of Fitzgerald’s. The losses of Charlie are Fitzgerald’s. And it is safe to assume that the guilt and crushing pain Charlie wrestles with throughout the essay is that of a broken man wishing to share his story with sympathizers in a weary world.

==Works Cited==
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* Bruccoli, Matthew J. “A Brief Life of Fitzgerald” F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. New York: Scribners, 1994. University of South Carolina F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary. 4 Dec. 2003 <http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html>
* Sipiora, Phillip. "Babylon Revisited." Reading and Writing about Literature. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River, 2002.
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* [[w:James Baldwin|James Baldwin]] — “[[Sonny's Blues]]”
* [[w:Kate Chopin|Kate Chopin]] - “[[The Story of an Hour]]”
* [[w:Francis Scott Fitzgerald|F. Scott Fitzgerald]] - “[[Babylon Revisited]]”
* [[w:Ernest Hemingway|Ernest Hemingway]] — “[[Indian Camp]]”
* [[w:James Joyce|James Joyce]] — “[[Araby]]” and ''[[The Dead]]''
* [[w:Jack London|Jack London]] - “[[To Build a Fire]]”
* [[w:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe]] — “[[The Cask of Amontillado]]”
* [[w:Leslie Marmon Silko|Leslie Marmon Silko]] - “[[Yellow Woman]]”
* [[w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville]] — ''[[Bartleby, the Scrivener]]''
* [[w:The Smiths|The Smiths]] — “[[Girlfriend in a Coma]]”
* [[w:Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut]] — “[[Harrison Bergeron]]”
* [[w:August Wilson|August Wilson]] — ''[[Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom]]''
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