The Ice Palace Analysis

The story I'd like to interpret is entitled “The Ice Palace” and it’s written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The author is one of the greatest American writers. His books nowadays are as successful as his own life was a failure. He wrote five novels, four volumes of short stories and a selection of his autobiographical pieces. “The Ice Palace” is one of Fitzgerald’s stories.
The author reveals some problems in this story: a problem of generation gap, a problem of choice of future husband and wife, a problem of family relationships, a problem of generation, a problem of fiancées' understanding.
The story started in a big luxurious house, the actions took place in winter time in one of a Northern city of America. The text opened when a fiancé and …show more content…
Sally Carroll is a young beautiful girl from the South, searching for the love and for something new, which will make her life better. She comes on a visit to her fiancé Harry who lives in the North. The author shows they don’t suit, but she tries to save their relationship. Judging by her behavior Sally Carroll is hot-tempered woman, she uses such words as “hush your mouth”. She is weaker than Harry and makes concessions to her man, may be it shows she is a clever a woman and she doesn’t want to have a fight with her man. Furthermore, Harry doesn’t want to change something in himself, in his environment and he has his firm own opinion about everything, what he sees and …show more content…
It is introduced in their arguments, especially where it is revealed that Harry views the South as filled with lazy and shiftless people, lacking in ambition. Sally Carroll is hurt and acted defensively to his criticism. These two people don’t understand each other and don’t accept each other for who they are. Sally is in conflict with herself, she can't accept the society, where her future husband