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Author F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the story “Babylon Revisited”. He was a successful author during the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash, managing to make 40,000 plus a year. In 1939 his reputation and income went downhill and eventually in 1940, he died. He lived a life much like the characters he wrote about, especially that of Charlie Wales. In this story there is a man named Charlie Wales that has come to regain the custody of his daughter Honoria, and the big question is should he get it?

In most cases, there is rarely a time when a man wants to take full responsibility for his actions, especially when it comes to children. Charlie Wales is a man that has turned away from his God given privilege to be a father. After realizing what he has done, he makes a change in his life and wants to come back and take care of his daughter. I believe even though Charlie Wales lived an unpredictable lifestyle

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I don’t think it would be right to take away the only immediate family that Honoria has left. Marion Peters is the sister of Helen Wales, Charlie’s deceased wife.

Charlie has removed himself from “Babylon” and become more of a real man. at one point, he should still be able to raise his daughter. Honoria wants to live with her father and can’t wait for the day when she will be able to. Once he was out of the sanitarium, he realized that he had a drinking problem, so he decided to cut the drinking to one drink per day. Charlie Wales realized that his life wouldn’t be complete without his daughter. After some persuasion and coaxing, Marion could see that Charlie was quite sincere in his actions and decided he should get custody of Honoria.

Responsibility is an essential component of parenting.

The major obstacle in the way of Charlie receiving custody of Honoria is Marion and Lincoln Peters. Dependability shows the maturity and growth that Charlie illustrated after the death of his wife, Helen. He didn’t want to miss out on her childhood, which is the most influential part of a person’s life. As she says, “Daddy, I want to come and live with you … I love you better than anybody. Charlie finally materialized the value of a dollar and realized investments in stock weren’t stable, so he started a business in Prague to make stable money. Helen is holding a grudge against Charlie and blames Charlie for Helen’s death as she loathes “ Frankly, from the night you did that terrible thing you haven’t really existed for me” (1873).

Approximate Word count = 631
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

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