This Side of Paradise

by

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lake Geneva Estate

The Lake Geneva estate symbolizes the values of inheritance and lineage in modern America—and the distinction between these values. The estate, which is in Wisconsin and originally belonged to Beatrice Blaine’s father, becomes Amory

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The Slicker

“The slicker” symbolizes conformity to the new dominant model of masculinity that characterizes the generation depicted in This Side of Paradise. Amory creates the concept of “the slicker” with his friend Rahill in their…

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