The Rich Boy
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"The Rich Boy" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that explores themes of wealth, privilege, and emotional detachment through the life of a wealthy young man in Jazz Age America.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Rich Boy canonical | 2 |
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | short story ⓘ |
| author | F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| explores |
effects of great wealth on character
ⓘ
social class divisions in America ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Redbook magazine ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasFamousCriticalLine | “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” ⓘ |
| isSetIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
New York ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| laterIncludedIn | All the Sad Young Men ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Lost Generation ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | American modernism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Anson Hunter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| protagonistSocialClass | upper class ⓘ |
| protagonistTrait |
emotional reserve
ⓘ
inability to commit emotionally ⓘ sense of superiority ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookAppearance | Charles Scribner's Sons ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
1920s
ⓘ
Roaring Twenties ⓘ
surface form:
Jazz Age
|
| theme |
class
ⓘ
emotional detachment ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ privilege ⓘ romantic relationships ⓘ wealth ⓘ |
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