“Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald
..he suddenly realized the meaning of the word “dissipate” – to dissipate into thin air; to make nothing g out of something.
Being he himself an active participant in the “dissipation” that took place in the US in the 1920’s, F. Scott Fitzgerald perfectly depicts the high society antics at those times. With his short story “Babylon Revisited” he shows how Americans wasted their time and money and spoiled their families and even their own lives. He narrates how youth closed “the door of the world”, missing every possibility of plans and futures. He denounces the eternal debt, impossible to be paid, left by a whole generation of squanderers.
Waiting for a door to be opened, the writer revisits his Babylonian past only to realize the irreversible damage of his dissipation.
Activity: Write one paragraph explain the title “Babylon Revisited “ in relation to the story. Take into account the biblical allusion to “Babylon”. ( This activity is due on May 25th, and late papers will not be accepted.)