A Moveable Feast

In A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, we have met some very quirky characters that Ernest has encountered in his adventures. Some friends, some family, but mainly writers who have sparked interest in Ernest, for their writing or their personality. One of these writers was Scott Fitzgerald, the writer of The Great Gatsby (Coincidence? Nope.) who meets Scott at a bar one night, and he definitely sparked Ernest because of his writing. Ernest's new companion quickly turned into a needy, whiny alcoholic man who bothered Ernest quite a bit.

On their (dangerous) drive to retrieve Scott's car in Lyon, Scott w

as drinking while driving, and quickly became extremely paranoid that he was sick. The following quote shows Scott's frantic pestering to Hemingway

"You can sit there and read that dirty French rag of a paper and it doesn't mean a thing to you that I am dying."

Considering the disease was all in his head, Scott was quite rude, demanding, and treated Hemingway quite poorly. While reading a book, one can sort of get a feel of what the author was like, but after reading this part of the novel, my perception of Scott Fitzgerald has changed completely.

From the places described in A Moveable Feast, I believe that I would like to visit the Riviera that the Fitzgerald's invited the Hemingway's too. The way the Riviera is described, and how

it seems to hav

e a calming affect on Scott and Zelda (Yeah I didn't know that existed either) really shows just how relaxing it must be.

"No one drank anything stronger than champagne and it was very gay and obviously a splendid place to write. There was going to be a everything that a man needed to write except to be alone."

As we are reading through the perspective of a writer, the idea conveyed that it is a great place to write seems to be a good sign of its calmness. It strips away the busy on-the-go life that both Scott and Ernest live, and replaces it with a serene paced lifestyle.