May Day (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: May 1-May 2, 1919
- Setting: New York City
- Principal Characters: Gordon Sterrett, Phillp Dean, Carrol Key, Gus Rose, George Key, Edith Bradin, Peter Himmel, Jewel Hudson, Henry Bradin
- Genres: Social realism, Fable, Short fiction, Parody
- Subjects: Class conflict, Politics, Hallucinations or illusions, Democracy
- Locales: New York, NY
The Story
This story employs the May Day rioting of 1919 as the historical reality that impinges on characters existing at different social levels and about to collide. The double plot brings together the privileged and a drab underclass and reflects the multiple standards of an apparent democracy. Irony in this story is always near the surface, but as action mixes levels, judgments are urged increasingly. Romancelike, the story's plots are interlaced.
The main plot involves a Yale group reunited by an event less important than political unrest, the Gamma Psi dance. Most...
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