The Ice Palace
So many people wake up “tired” which is ironic because they had just slept. But is live really living when you go through your day sleepwalking due to your sense of being apathetic? In the short story, The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sally-Carrol Happer faces this same sense of being apathetic. Sally-Carrol seems to have apprehended this lesson of life through her life. It was the longest lesson she had to learn through her life.
Within the first chapter, Sally-Carrol has a conversation with her loving friend Clark. While speaking to him she expresses her need to live her life in a new way or she will live apathetically. She tells Clark that she needs to marry this man, Harry, to be something different so she is not “tired” anymore. Fitzgerald portrays Happer to be Dynamic than originally to believe. In the beginning of the story we see Sally-Carrol to be a strong woman that knows what she wants in life however, in the end we see that she is a bit weaker than lead to believe.
During the second chapter Happer as a quick introduction to her soon to be husband Harry Bellamy. She sees this man as her coffee so to speak. This means she is constantly “tired” and he is supposed to wake her up, to make her energized. Ms. Happer and …show more content…
He insults her critiquing a southern mans’ pants. Whilst arguing with Mr. Bellamy she starts to come down off her caffeine high. Adding to the sense of downfall, she knows his mother is not fond of Sally-Carrol. She then wants to make the wedding happen the following day thinking being married will solve their problems, but Harry tells her to stick to the plan. This is an interesting chapter because it is starting to show that being in the north is not what Sally-Carrol needs. She knows her caffeine high is wearing off so she starts jumping to get married to solve this, yet that is not what Mr. Bellamy
So many people wake up “tired” which is ironic because they had just slept. But is live really living when you go through your day sleepwalking due to your sense of being apathetic? In the short story, The Ice Palace by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sally-Carrol Happer faces this same sense of being apathetic. Sally-Carrol seems to have apprehended this lesson of life through her life. It was the longest lesson she had to learn through her life.
Within the first chapter, Sally-Carrol has a conversation with her loving friend Clark. While speaking to him she expresses her need to live her life in a new way or she will live apathetically. She tells Clark that she needs to marry this man, Harry, to be something different so she is not “tired” anymore. Fitzgerald portrays Happer to be Dynamic than originally to believe. In the beginning of the story we see Sally-Carrol to be a strong woman that knows what she wants in life however, in the end we see that she is a bit weaker than lead to believe.
During the second chapter Happer as a quick introduction to her soon to be husband Harry Bellamy. She sees this man as her coffee so to speak. This means she is constantly “tired” and he is supposed to wake her up, to make her energized. Ms. Happer and …show more content…
He insults her critiquing a southern mans’ pants. Whilst arguing with Mr. Bellamy she starts to come down off her caffeine high. Adding to the sense of downfall, she knows his mother is not fond of Sally-Carrol. She then wants to make the wedding happen the following day thinking being married will solve their problems, but Harry tells her to stick to the plan. This is an interesting chapter because it is starting to show that being in the north is not what Sally-Carrol needs. She knows her caffeine high is wearing off so she starts jumping to get married to solve this, yet that is not what Mr. Bellamy