Renfroe Kory Renfroe Hensley English 11 / Fifth Period 27 February 2018 Part 12: Rough Draft First to start off with, Babylon Revisited is one of the most fascinating stories ever because the author uses persuasive words that makes the reader want to read more. The second thing that will be talked about is Charlie feeling guilty about his wife death. Third, will be about metaphors because they compare some things together. Fourth paragraph will be about the author’s style and how Fitzgerald made the story so entertaining. Second, the theme that was used in the short story is guilt and innocence.Charlie is guilty for Helen's death, and he is also innocent at the same time because it was not his fault that she died. If Helen would have never …show more content…
Fitzgerald uses metaphors in “Babylon Revisited” because he tries to help the reader understand a concept better. Another reason he uses metaphors is that he tries to make the story more interesting instead of making it so boring and lame. He also uses them because it encourages the interpretation based on the readers’ own experiences and background knowledge. In the short story “Babylon Revisited,” F. Scott Fitzgerald states, “that Lincoln was swinging Honoria back and forth like a pendulum from side to side “(Fitzgerald 22). He put metaphors in the short story because it reflected the the quickening movements of the story itself, in which the events of the plot seem to unfold faster and faster. In “Structural Metaphors in Fitzgerald's Short Fiction,” William Brondell states, “The image of Helen in the swing emanates throughout the story’s superstructure and she swings into his mind to restrain his ‘exaltation,’ so the sins of the past, is in shape and form of Lorraine and Duncan “(Brondell 24).” That metaphor describes and motivates the climax, but it also marks the progress of the action which precedes and follows the climax because there is in and out movement going on with Charlie and his old