Main Theme of Babylon Revisited
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the story . He was a successful author during the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash, managing to make 40,000 plus a year. In 1939 his reputation and income went downhill and eventually in 1940, he died. He lived a life much like the characters he wrote about, especially that of Charlie Wales. In this story there is a man named Charlie Wales that has come to regain the custody of his daughter Honoria, and the big question is should he get it?
In most cases, there is rarely a time when a man wants to take full responsibility for his actions, especially when it comes to children. Charlie Wales is a man that has turned away from his God given privilege to be a father. After realizing what he has done, he makes a change in his life and wants to come back and take care of his daughter. I believe even though Charlie Wales lived an unpredictable lifestyle at one point, he should still be able to raise his daughter.
Despite what some may believe, being the biological parent of a child has a lot of value. Charlie Wales realized that his life wouldnt be complete without his daughter. He didnt want to miss out on her childhood, which is the most influential part of a persons life. Honoria wants to live with her father and cant wait for the day when she will be able to. As she says, Daddy, I want to come and live with you I love you better than anybody. And you love me better than anybody, dont you?(1871). I dont think it would be right to take away the only immediate family that Honoria has left. Everyone should have a sense of family and be able to interact with their immediate family.
Charlie has removed himself from Babylon and become more of a real man. He has become more responsible, and now he is trying to prove himself to everyone around him that he is worthy of this duty. The first sign of this was giving up custody of Honoria because he knew that he could do nothing for her while he was in a sanitarium. Once he was out of the sanitarium, he realized that he had a drinking problem, so he decided to cut the drinking to one drink per day. Charlie finally materialized the value of a dollar and realized investments in stock werent stable, so he started a business in Prague to make stable money. He even went to the extent of having his sister come live with him to help take care of Honoria. Making all of these changes in his life is shows that he is becoming a more positive person.
The major obstacle in the way of Charlie receiving custody of Honoria is Marion and Lincoln Peters. Marion Peters is the sister of Helen Wales, Charlies deceased wife. Helen is holding a grudge against Charlie and blames Charlie for Helens death as she loathes Frankly, from the night you did that terrible thing you havent really existed for me (1873). Charlie is practically in court in the Peters household. After some persuasion and coaxing, Marion could see that Charlie was quite sincere in his actions and decided he should get custody of Honoria.
He removed himself from his past, mainly Lorraine Quarrles and Duncan Schaeffer.
Responsibility is an essential component of parenting. Dependability shows the maturity and growth that Charlie illustrated after the death of his wife, Helen. Charlie should have custody of Honoria, primarily, because he is her biological father, not to mention Honoria would be delighted to live with her father whom she hasnt seen in over ten months. Please dont take Honoria away from her father.
