The Role of Dick Diver as a Father and Lover
In medicine, one of the most common situations that doctors face is making an attachment to their patient. From the weakness and dependency of the patient, the doctor may feel it be the right time to slide in to their life. The impulse that they feel can be mentally and emotionally misinterpreted in a romantic and dramatic direction. They might end up finding their self in love with a patient. Clearly in Tender is the Night, Dick Diver has ran into this situation as a psychologist, husband, and main character.
Fitzgerald/s own life certainly factored into this theme of the novel. “By the time of the novel's inception in the mid-1920's, Fitzgerald's wife Zelda was beginning to show some signs of …show more content…
More in the sense that he is a blend of everything human. Fitzgerald isn’t trying to say that Dick shouldn’t be limited to the boring world of science just because he is a doctor. There are many times in the book where there are loving and moving scenes of Dick’s behavior toward the other characters, including Nicole. Although, it is very impossible to say how much Fitzgerald’s personal life affected the book and the characters doing. Dick can be seen as either the tragic hero or a heroic pervert, all based on the reader’s past experiences and personal preferences. Fitzgerald’s own thoughts are obvious as Dick soon loses faith in himself, and Nicole’s life gets better. After a while, Dick turns out alone, unsatisfied with his own work, and slightly …show more content…
Which leaves the reader feeling very unsatisfied. However it reinforces one of the books common themes “certainty and control can be a catalyst for the most life-shattering of changes” (LaHood, 103). This theme goes for the characters who take on more roles that they can handle as in the case of Dick Diver. Dick Diver is a very confusing man on what he wanted. Works Cited
Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Judith S. Baughman. Reader's Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996.
"Dick Diver's Role as Father And Lover in Tender Is the Night :: Tender Is the Night Essays." Dick Diver's Role as Father And Lover in Tender Is the Night :: Tender Is the Night Essays. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York, NY: Scriber, 1933
Grenberg, Bruce L. "Fitzgerald's 'Figured Curtain': Personality and History in Tender Is the Night." In Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night
LaHood, Marvin J., ed. Tender Is the Night: Essays in Criticism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969.
Stern, Milton R. Tender Is the Night: The Broken Universe. New York: Twayne, 1994.
Stern, Milton R., ed. Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. Boston: Hall,
In medicine, one of the most common situations that doctors face is making an attachment to their patient. From the weakness and dependency of the patient, the doctor may feel it be the right time to slide in to their life. The impulse that they feel can be mentally and emotionally misinterpreted in a romantic and dramatic direction. They might end up finding their self in love with a patient. Clearly in Tender is the Night, Dick Diver has ran into this situation as a psychologist, husband, and main character.
Fitzgerald/s own life certainly factored into this theme of the novel. “By the time of the novel's inception in the mid-1920's, Fitzgerald's wife Zelda was beginning to show some signs of …show more content…
More in the sense that he is a blend of everything human. Fitzgerald isn’t trying to say that Dick shouldn’t be limited to the boring world of science just because he is a doctor. There are many times in the book where there are loving and moving scenes of Dick’s behavior toward the other characters, including Nicole. Although, it is very impossible to say how much Fitzgerald’s personal life affected the book and the characters doing. Dick can be seen as either the tragic hero or a heroic pervert, all based on the reader’s past experiences and personal preferences. Fitzgerald’s own thoughts are obvious as Dick soon loses faith in himself, and Nicole’s life gets better. After a while, Dick turns out alone, unsatisfied with his own work, and slightly …show more content…
Which leaves the reader feeling very unsatisfied. However it reinforces one of the books common themes “certainty and control can be a catalyst for the most life-shattering of changes” (LaHood, 103). This theme goes for the characters who take on more roles that they can handle as in the case of Dick Diver. Dick Diver is a very confusing man on what he wanted. Works Cited
Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Judith S. Baughman. Reader's Companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1996.
"Dick Diver's Role as Father And Lover in Tender Is the Night :: Tender Is the Night Essays." Dick Diver's Role as Father And Lover in Tender Is the Night :: Tender Is the Night Essays. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York, NY: Scriber, 1933
Grenberg, Bruce L. "Fitzgerald's 'Figured Curtain': Personality and History in Tender Is the Night." In Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night
LaHood, Marvin J., ed. Tender Is the Night: Essays in Criticism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1969.
Stern, Milton R. Tender Is the Night: The Broken Universe. New York: Twayne, 1994.
Stern, Milton R., ed. Critical Essays on F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night. Boston: Hall,