Dec 29, 2009

The Rich Boy | The Rich Boy

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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The Rich Boy | The Rich Boy

At a glance:

The Story

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