The Baby Party

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The Baby Party is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that satirically portrays the tensions and disillusionment of young middle-class parents through a children's party that spirals into adult conflict.

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instanceOf short story
author F. Scott Fitzgerald
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresCharacter Ede Andros
firstPublicationForm magazine publication
genre fiction
satire
short fiction
hasConflictType domestic conflict
social conflict
hasMotif appearance versus reality
parties in Fitzgerald’s fiction
includedInCollection Taps at Reveille
language English
literaryAnalysisFocus contrast between adult and child behavior
critique of American middle-class values
literaryMovement Modernism
mainTheme immaturity of adults
marital tension
middle-class disillusionment
parental anxiety
social pretension
narrativePerspective third-person narration
periodOfPublication 1920s
plotSummary A children’s party escalates into conflict between parents after a quarrel between toddlers.
portrays fragility of domestic happiness
social competition among parents
young middle-class parents
protagonist Edith Andros
John Andros
setting suburban United States
tone ironic
satirical

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All the Sad Young Men containsWork The Baby Party