A Moveable Feast
Book by Earnest Hemingway
Blog Post
Josh Blake
Scott Fitzgerald is the character that I have chosen to do this blog paragraph on because Scott is one of the most interesting, funny, and relatable characters in the novel. Scott’s looks make him appear, “Like a boy with a face between handsome and pretty.” Pg. 50 Line 11. Scott Fitzgerald likes to speak and question people about their lives at that moment in time and in the past. Scott also likes to talk to them about his viewpoints about the subject. Scott is very open about what he likes to talks about and if he likes something he will say it. This also applies to when he doesn’t like something. Scott is very winy and needy when it comes to his health and non-American heath care. “I want my temperature taken. Then I want my clothes dried and for us to get on an express train for Paris and to go to the American hospital at Neuilly.” Pg. 59 Lines 25 – 26. With his good looks and persistence he is able to write books and get by fine in the world.
Based on Hemingway’s description the place that I would like to visit would be the Luxembourg Gardens. This is because of the way that Hemingway described Luxembourg in the winter.
“To see the bare trees against the sky and you walked on the fresh-washed gravel paths through the Luxembourg gardens in the clear sharp wind. The trees were sculpture without their leaves when you were reconciled to them, and the winter winds blew across the surfaces of the ponds and the fountains blew in the bright light.” Pg. 5 Lines 35 – 39.
I believe that this would be one of the most beautiful places to go visit. Either during the summer or spring when all the flowers are out and blossoming or during the winter when the trees are bare and the snow is visible on the branches.
Pictures of the Luxembourg Garden:
Summer
http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/luxembourg-gardens-by_toni_blay.jpg
Winter
http://173.201.47.244/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/winter-in-paris-3.jpg
(The pictures would not upload properly as an image so here is a link)
