Charlie as the Victim of Circumstance in F. Scott Fitzgeralds Babylon

Charlie as the Victim of Circumstance in F. Scott Fitzgeralds Babylon RevisitedThe storys protagonist, Charlie Wales, is less a victim of bad luck than of circumstance, both socio-economic and personal. Charlie does not deserve Marions act denial of custody of his daughter, but the story is less ab come on what Charlie does or does not deserve than how easily ones life can spin out of control due to unforeseen circumstance. Marion and Charlie dislike each other on a visceral level. Marions feelings are not solely caused by Charlies insobriety and past behavior. She focuses upon Charlie a hatred borne of her resentment of her familys financial situation, as manifest by Lincolns comment to Charlie over lunch I think Marion matt-up there was some kind of injustice to it-you not even functional toward the end, and getting richer and richer. (p. 15) Her hatred is also fueled by her physical unsoundness and her unfounded belief that Helens marriage to Charlie was not happy. When Charl ie locked Helen out during a blizzard and Helen later became ill from exposure, Marion felt ...