Anthony Patch

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Anthony Patch is the dissolute, inheritance-obsessed protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel "The Beautiful and Damned," whose decline embodies the moral and social excesses of Jazz Age New York.

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Anthony Patch canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Beautiful and Damned
associatedWithMovement Modernism
characterTrait cynical
dissolute
hedonistic
idle
conflictType internal moral conflict
social conflict with changing values
createdBy F. Scott Fitzgerald
education Harvard-educated
expectsInheritanceFrom Adam Patch
genreContext Jazz Age literature
languageOfWork English
literaryFunction critique of wealth and privilege
warning against dependence on unearned income
livesIn New York City
marriedTo Gloria Gilbert
medium novel
narrativeArc rise and decline
narrativeTheme consequences of idleness
failure of the American Dream
moral decay
nationality American
occupation socialite
portrayedAs alcoholic
financially irresponsible
self-indulgent
primaryMotivation obsession with inheritance
protagonistOf The Beautiful and Damned
publicationYearOfWork 1922
publisherOfWork Charles Scribner's Sons
relatedTo Adam Patch
relationshipWith Gloria Gilbert
settingOfLife Manhattan
socialClass leisure class
upper class
symbolizes decadent New York high society
moral excesses of the Jazz Age
social excesses of the Jazz Age
timePeriod Roaring Twenties
surface form: Jazz Age

early 20th century

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Gloria Patch hasSpouse Anthony Patch
Gloria Patch associatedWith Anthony Patch
Adam Patch hasRelative Anthony Patch
Adam Patch grandfatherOf Anthony Patch
Adam Patch disinherits Anthony Patch