The Role of Alcohol in Fitzgeralds Tender is the Night Essays

The Role of Alcohol in in the raw is the Night in all of the main characters in Tender is the Night are wealthy enough that they can lead a life of leisure. One of the main activities of this lifestyle is drinking. tipsiness causes and is the result of many negative things that happen to the characters. This is evidenced the most by the actions of Abe North and Dick Diver. The outset time we meet Dick Diver in Fitzgeralds Tender is the Night he is going from umbrella to umbrella carrying a bottle and little glasses in his hands(Fitzgerald, 11). From that point on in that location is alcohol involved in almost every scene. The first time that alcohol played a major role was in the duel in the midst of Tommy Barban and Mr. McKisco. McKisco was drunk when he challenged Tommy to the duel. He was also drunk when the duel went on. Both shots missed and the duel was over, but the role of alcohol had made its impression. Abe North was the first character to be portrayed as an alco holic. Rosemaary noticed that his eyes were bloodshot form sun and wine(Fitzgerald, 60) and that he was always stopping in places to stick a drink(Fitzgerald, 60). He repeatedly missed the boat back to America and as a result of his drinking habits a dead total darkness appeared in Rosemarys bedroom. Abe North eventually died in a fight at a speakeasy. Drinking caused his entire downfall. There really was not much screen background given on Abe that would give the reasons that he drank. His career was not very successful, but it really could not be determined which came first, his drinking or his lose of success. Rosemary had her first drink with the Divers and the Norths. She did this because she thought it would somehow bring her closer to the group. She... ...He no longer practiced medicine and he was not help Nicole get any better. His drinking went on to cause him further unhappiness by making things with Nicole even worse, and was the reason that he lost both his favor able standing and his career. Alcohol had some effect on all the characters in Tender is the Night either directly or through a love one. It was the cause of the ruin of two of the main characters. Drinking played a very important role in many of the events that took place. Works Cited and Consulted Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Judith S. Baughman. Readers Companion to F. Scott Fitzgeralds Tender Is the Night. Columbia University of South Carolina Press, 1996. Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Tender is the Night. New York Collier Books. 1982. Stern, Milton R. Tender Is the Night The Broken Universe. New York Twayne, 1994.