Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald

On the other, hand his brother in law seems to be more understanding when Charlie said, “. That does not make her a bad person because she raised Honoria as if she was her own child but when she constantly brings this up, it demonstrates her frustration towards Charlie. When he went to his brother-in-law’s house, his daughter jumps in to his arms showing warmth and excitement, while Mariom who is his sister in law gives him the cold shoulder which hints the fact that she is not over the death of her sister and blames this incident on him. The author expresses Charlie’s relationship with his daughter and his in-laws by showing their reactions. The central idea of this story is that we often do not realize the consequences of our actions, the best thing to do is to face them and use that as motivation to change our life around and recognize that the transformation may not be fully accepted by others. He works very hard to try get the custody of his daughter back while he faces many challenges. On the positive note he was able to be financially stable again. He claims he is sober even after admitting he needs to have one drink every day. He tries to put his embarrassing past behind him. He has a daughter named Honoria who lives with his in laws, after he lost his wife Helen in an incident which he is partially blamed for. It’s about a young man named Charlie Wales who was an alcoholic and was financially struggling after the crash of the stock market in the 1920s. The story “Babylon Revisited” is written by Scott Fitzgerald.

Babylon Revisited by F. Scott Fitzgerald