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Babylon Revisited

Babylon Revisited

If one is to successfully rebuild the shattered existence that results from a life without meaning, one must confront those past demons that were responsible for their undoing. In Babylon Revisited, F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays a man whose extravagant lifestyle has taken all meaning and substance from his life. The story follows the path of Charlie Wales, who has returned to the city of his undoing to seek liberation from the damaged life that resulted from his behavior there. During Charlie’s journey through his past, Fitzgerald lays out two very evident steps Charlie uses to successfully confront his past. Charlie first seeks to confront the physical and mental demons that led to his demise. These demons are the negative influences that led him to lead the life that he seeks to put behind him. Once his past problems had been confronted, Charlie seeks to pick up the shattered pieces of his life that such problems had forced him to leave behind. In......


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