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English 015 - Americans Abroad
05 Blog Assignment

05 Blog Assignment

Category: 05B: Babylon Revisited | Mark Phillipson

“All the catering and vice was on an utterly childish scale, and [Charlie] suddenly learned the meaning of the word ‘dissipate’...” (p. 389).

What is it, specifically, about Paris that seems to have lured Charlie into dissipation? In your answer, compare a description of Paris in “Babylon Revisited” to a description of the same city in The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas or The Sun Also Rises.


Posted by mphillip on October 18, 2003 at 01:22 PM


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