The Rich Boy (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: New York and Florida
- Principal Characters: Anson Hunter, Paula Legendre, Dolly Karger, Aunt Edna, Cary, The narrator
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Values, Love or romance, Upper classes, Lifestyles, Loneliness, Generation gap, Wealth, Materialism
- Locales: New York, Florida
The Story
Anson Hunter, the rich boy for whom the story is named, aptly portrays F. Scott Fitzgerald's fascination with an analysis of the rich as
different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, . . . [which] makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves.
As a child, Anson is cared for by a governess and is secluded from contact with his social peers. His fraternizing with the local town...
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