This Side of Paradise

The question whether a person’s character is shaped solely by inherited traits or also by experiences and social interactions is the central topic of the ongoing nature vs. nurture debate amongst psychologists and sociologists. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays various kinds of social interactions as the protagonist Amory Blaine meets many different people throughout his life. While he crosses paths with some people without any repercussions, other people continue to have a…

anyone, but mostly for Amory Blaine. In the novel This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Amory Blaine has gone through many stages of love and loss. This man is the protagonist of this novel; he is an attractive Princeton University student who enjoys the art of literature. Amory explores the theme of love and social status. This title is significant because of his happiness, the love he feels and the sadness he experiences. However, “paradise” may seem very perfect, it can have many…

Amory Blaine is a spoiled mama’s boy. This Side of Paradise, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a romantic novel. The novel is about Amory Blaine trying to find his place in the world. What gives him trouble in this novel is women, money and having too much freedom at school. First, the Debutante ball is where Amory met Rosalind and fell head over heels in love with her. Amory went with Alec to his sister, Rosalind’s, Debutante ball. Rosalind is a beautiful girl but she is really…

when he dropped out of Princeton in 1917. A lot of his books are inspired by his own life, and most of them include the 1920’s and the extravagant lifestyle the rich lived during that time. Some of his most famous works are The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, and Tender is the Night. While he did not win any awards for his books when he was still alive, he is now considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. I have only ever read one book by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great…

F.Scott Fitzgerald had a tendency to base his main characters on his relationship and history with his wife, Zelda. Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby is no exception, as she exhibits several similarities to Zelda Fitzgerald. For example, both Zelda and Daisy do not love Fitzgerald and Gatsby, respectively, nearly as much as the men love them. Both women are also uninterested in the men until they are extraordinarily wealthy. Additionally, Daisy and Zelda unfortunately turn out to be much…

since he developed the philosophy of the flapper with "This Side of Paradise." With astute reflection and comicality, he recounted the Jazz Age. Now he has bid adieu to his flappers-perhaps due to maturity - and is writing of the older sisters that have married. However, matrimony has not altered their world, only the milieu of their merrymakings. To use a saying of Burton Rascoe's-his hurt romantics are still seeking that other side of paradise. One could add that "The Great Gatsby" is the last…

move back and forth between Buffalo and Syracuse, NY. When Fitzgerald became 12 years old, his family returned to St. Paul, MN where he attended the St. Paul Academy and wrote a detective story in the school newspaper (University of South Carolina); this is where his the very beginning of his writing career began. After his years at the St. Paul Academy, he attended the Newman School, a catholic prep school in New Jersey. At prep school, he met Father Sigourney Fay who, upon discovering is…

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896 to a Catholic, Irish family. He was named after his ancestor, Francis Scott Key, who is known for writing the “Star-Spangled Banner”. Fitzgerald was from a middle class family, his father, a salesman for a consumer goods company, and his mother, the daughter of a wealthy grocer. He had four sisters, two of whom died before he was born and another after he was born. The family moved to New York for a short period of time before…

the book and his own personality and his outlook on his life and career. In the book, Gatsby’s reason for living in his huge mansion was to impress Daisy and get her to love him again. He did this because Daisy had once said, “Rich girls don’t marry poor boys”. This quote is from the Great Gatsby movie. This…

and This Side of Paradise. Fitzgerald’s passion for writing grew when he studied at the University of Princeton where he wrote for the school newspaper and composed musical productions… until he dropped out because of poor academic performance. After his dropout, he enlisted in the United States Army until his service was over. When he came home, he met his wife, Zelda, who refused to marry him until FItzgerald proved that he could support her and a family. Once he published his novel, This Side…