Amory Blaine is a spoiled mama’s boy. This Side of Paradise, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a romantic novel. The novel is about Amory Blaine trying to find his place in the world. What gives him trouble in this novel is women, money and having too much freedom at school.
First, the Debutante ball is where Amory met Rosalind and fell head over heels in love with her. Amory went with Alec to his sister, Rosalind’s, Debutante ball. Rosalind is a beautiful girl but she is really snobbish. Amory accidentally went into Rosalind’s dressing room and they kiss after just a few minutes of meeting each other. Rosalind warns him that “she has kissed dozens of men and will probably kiss dozens more”, but this didn’t keep Amory from wanting to kiss her again.
Furthermore, meeting Rosalind at the Debutante was an important chapter for this novel even though it ended bad for Amory. Rosalind’s mom convinces her to break up with Amory because he didn’t have enough money to keep her up. Rosalind loved Amory but she knew what her mom was saying was true. Rosalind read …show more content…
If he had kept his grades in school and worked hard to get his degree, he thinks he would have been able to make enough money to keep Rosalind happy. Without money Rosalind would not have been a happy woman. She would have changed and they both realized what would have happened to their relationship if she wasn’t happy. You have to work hard in order to live a happy life.
All and all, we have always been told money can’t buy happiness. In this novel Rosalind’s mom thinks you can. Rosalind ended up breaking up with Amory even though she was in love with him and marrying the rich man her mom wanted her to marry. This crushed Amory but he decided at this point he could not change anything. He realizes he can’t change the world by himself. Amory’s last words in the book are “I know myself, but that is
First, the Debutante ball is where Amory met Rosalind and fell head over heels in love with her. Amory went with Alec to his sister, Rosalind’s, Debutante ball. Rosalind is a beautiful girl but she is really snobbish. Amory accidentally went into Rosalind’s dressing room and they kiss after just a few minutes of meeting each other. Rosalind warns him that “she has kissed dozens of men and will probably kiss dozens more”, but this didn’t keep Amory from wanting to kiss her again.
Furthermore, meeting Rosalind at the Debutante was an important chapter for this novel even though it ended bad for Amory. Rosalind’s mom convinces her to break up with Amory because he didn’t have enough money to keep her up. Rosalind loved Amory but she knew what her mom was saying was true. Rosalind read …show more content…
If he had kept his grades in school and worked hard to get his degree, he thinks he would have been able to make enough money to keep Rosalind happy. Without money Rosalind would not have been a happy woman. She would have changed and they both realized what would have happened to their relationship if she wasn’t happy. You have to work hard in order to live a happy life.
All and all, we have always been told money can’t buy happiness. In this novel Rosalind’s mom thinks you can. Rosalind ended up breaking up with Amory even though she was in love with him and marrying the rich man her mom wanted her to marry. This crushed Amory but he decided at this point he could not change anything. He realizes he can’t change the world by himself. Amory’s last words in the book are “I know myself, but that is