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A story of a young man who falls in love with a rich girl and discovers her family's dark secrets. The story blends fantasy and realism, and foreshadows Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby.
Plot summary. John T. Unger, a teenager from the Mississippi River town of Hades, is sent to a private boarding school near Boston. During the summer he visits the homes of his classmates, the majority of whom are from wealthy families. In the middle of his sophomore year, a young man named Percy Washington is placed in Unger's dorm.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1922
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, allegorical short story about lost illusions, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1922 in Tales of the Jazz Age. John T. Unger, a student at an exclusive Massachusetts prep school, befriends Percy Washington, a new classmate who boasts that his father is “the.
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15 de set. de 2014 · A Critic at Large. As Big as the Ritz: The Mythology of the Fitzgeralds. A century after their meeting, Scott and Zelda continue to inspire fascination—and new books. By Adam Gopnik....
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "I never noticed the stars before. I always thought of them as great big diamonds that belonged to some one. Now they frighten me. They make me feel that it was all a dream, all my youth." "It was a dream," said John quietly. "Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."
A fantasy story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a young man who falls in love with a rich heiress and escapes from her family's isolated estate. The story explores the themes of wealth, freedom, and religion, and features a giant diamond as a symbol of bondage.
Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Summary and Analysis of "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Summary. This is the adventure of John T. Unger from the Southern town of Hades who was sent to acquire his New England education at St Midas’ school. He is invited to spend a summer holiday with Percy Washington.
