The Beautiful and Damned

Money. Social status. Love affairs. These are three of the many important themes used by F. Scott Fitzgerald in his novel “The Beautiful And Damned.” Fitzgerald uses these themes to convey a message to his readers. This message is that no matter how high up in society someone is that doesn’t mean they will be satisfied in the end. Things such as money and status can all change in an instant, they are not permanent, instead materialistic. The materialist can prove to ruin one's relationship with the ones they love the most. Money, social status and love affairs all contributed to the downfall of one's life in the 20th century and it was no different in Fitzgerald's novel. Fitzgerald uses the theme of money to show how the materialistic does…

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). I am renown around the world for this quote and it is very applicable to my life, because I am a writer. Although lots of my stories were not successful, I had a few hits that made me as famous as I am today. In these few minutes, I will tell you about my early life and where I came from, secondly my life and work in Europe, and lastly, my work in film and end of my time. To…

Love is very powerful; it can give someone something to live for or it can destroy someone 's will to live. In F. Scott Fitzgerald 's Tender Is the Night and The Beautiful and Damned, relationships cause mental stress in both groups of protagonists. Due to their reliance on others, Dick, Nicole, Gloria, and Anthony are all affected by: fear, lust, and hatred. In The Beautiful and Damned, Anthony grows up with a fear of desertion. By the time he was eleven years old, both of his parents had…

"It was an age of miracles, it was an age of art, it was an age of excess, and it was an age of satire," noted Fitzgerald. The Beautiful and the Damned highlights the corruption that comes with excessive indulgence while revealing the sense of morality that was amsit during the Jazz Age. “I guess I am too much of a moralist at heart” Fitzgerald wrote, “and really want to preach at people in some acceptable form, rather than to entertain them.” The Beautiful and the Damned demonstrates the…

The Beautiful and the Damned cemented his status as one of the greatest artists in the Jazz Age. Since he was looking for a change in his scenery, he moved to Valescure, France. It was in Valescure that is the place that inspired his greatest novel, The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway, who has just recently moved to West Egg, which was located in Long Island, New York. He narrates the new adventures that he goes on with the mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby. It also…

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, famed for his novels concerning the elite of society, delved into the topic of the American Dream in his book The Beautiful and Damned. The novel illustrates the luxurious and miserable lives of Anthony Patch, Gloria Gilbert, and those they associate with. As Fitzgerald details Patch’s fall from grace, both morally and financially, he challenges the concept of the American Dream through the eyes of a member of the upper class. In this novel, Fitzgerald, by revealing…

Summary Exposition: In the book, Beautiful & Damned, the protagonist is Scarlett. She is the one the story is based off of, as it follows her life. The setting of the story is not very specific, as some of it takes place in grade school and some of it takes place in their later lives. A quote that shows part of the setting is, “They met in grade school” (Drake 63). The society of this short story is Hector and Scarlett. In the story, there are a few friends involved, and some others, but most…

problem for both of them. Zelda drank because she enjoyed and Scott drank because he wasn an alcoholic and depend on alcohol to function. They were living in and out of hotels so they didn 't have to cook or clean, but they got evicted for being too loud and disruptive. That 's when Scott got the idea to move to little cottage in Connecticut so he could work on his writing. Zelda hated the idea that she has to be a housekeeper. Zelda would leave dirty clothes, dishes and made the quilt cottage…

In the novel “The Beautiful and Damned” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a story about a young, well educated, intelligent man that goes by the name Anthony Patch inheriting his ill grandfather’s money and growing a large obsession with his luxurious lifestyle but with no career goal in mind. He meets a lady by the name of Gloria Gilbert and almost instantly falls in love with her. During the beginning of their love story, He believed she was the only thing he needed in his life to stay sane…

to include all of these components into his writing. F. Scott Fitzgerald was truly a masterful literary artist. Reading his book The Beautiful and Damned was like walking through an art exhibit. All of his assorted technics and elements were flawlessly displayed, and readers should enjoy walking down every aisle. “F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fitzgerald was named after his cousin who had written lyrics to the…