The 1920’s- the age of music, dance, and social prosperity. F. Scott Fitzgerald, an author during the 1920’s was thrown right into the life of partying where he ultimately falls in love with the girl he will never fully have, his golden girl. The “golden girl” is the ideal woman of Fitzgerald’s dreams, which he also could never fully possess. Throughout his stories he relates the female characters to the golden girl he wanted in real life. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “golden girl” can be seen as unattainable, conceited, and desirable. Fitzgerald’s golden girl is portrayed as unobtainable in the characters of Sally Carol Harper and Marjorie Harvey in the short stories “Ice Palace”, and “Bernice Bobs her Hair”. Sally Carol told Harry, her fiance,
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The author describes Judy Jones as a “slender enameled doll in cloth of gold: gold in band at her head, gold in two slipper points at her dress’s hem”(789). In this description of Judy Jones the repetition of the word “gold” emphasizes Judy’s wealth and reinforces the idea that Judy is just that, the “golden girl”. Dexter, the male character in this story that chases Judy, sees her as the perfect girl and wants her just like all the other men. Fitzgerald describes Marjorie Harvey as having a “fairy-like face and a dazzling, bewildering tongue”(pg.1 ). In this quote, Marjorie’s desirable traits are portrayed through the author's diction about her appearance. Marjorie’s desirable traits make all the men want her and she adores the attention. The desirable “golden girl” in Fitzgerald’s short stories relate back to Zelda because she was wanted by a great amount of …show more content…
At the country club golf course, Judy says, “ I’d have gone on the green except that i hit something” (710). Judy says this as if the “thing” she hit was an object, not a man. This is where the reader can begin to see that Judy doesn’t care about anybody but herself. She does what she wants because she knows she is pretty and can get away with being a self-centered jerk. Marjorie Harvey “ had no female intimates - she considered girls stupid”( pg.2). Marjorie did not get along with other girls because she liked all the attention on herself. This is a trait of the golden girl because she thinks she is better than other girls so she can’t be friends with them. Fitzgerald’s golden girl is described as conceited in his short stories because his real life golden girl thought she was too good for
The author describes Judy Jones as a “slender enameled doll in cloth of gold: gold in band at her head, gold in two slipper points at her dress’s hem”(789). In this description of Judy Jones the repetition of the word “gold” emphasizes Judy’s wealth and reinforces the idea that Judy is just that, the “golden girl”. Dexter, the male character in this story that chases Judy, sees her as the perfect girl and wants her just like all the other men. Fitzgerald describes Marjorie Harvey as having a “fairy-like face and a dazzling, bewildering tongue”(pg.1 ). In this quote, Marjorie’s desirable traits are portrayed through the author's diction about her appearance. Marjorie’s desirable traits make all the men want her and she adores the attention. The desirable “golden girl” in Fitzgerald’s short stories relate back to Zelda because she was wanted by a great amount of …show more content…
At the country club golf course, Judy says, “ I’d have gone on the green except that i hit something” (710). Judy says this as if the “thing” she hit was an object, not a man. This is where the reader can begin to see that Judy doesn’t care about anybody but herself. She does what she wants because she knows she is pretty and can get away with being a self-centered jerk. Marjorie Harvey “ had no female intimates - she considered girls stupid”( pg.2). Marjorie did not get along with other girls because she liked all the attention on herself. This is a trait of the golden girl because she thinks she is better than other girls so she can’t be friends with them. Fitzgerald’s golden girl is described as conceited in his short stories because his real life golden girl thought she was too good for