A moveable feast blog

A Moveable Feast Blog

By Sam Caldarone

In Ernest Hemingway’s timeless classic A Moveable Feast, we are introduced to a plethora of interesting characters that have withstood the test of time. Of those, one of the more interesting characters is Scott Fitzgerald. He is the well-known author of many classic stories, the most famous being The Great Gatsby. It is interesting to have a first-hand account of what it is like to spend time with Scott Fitzgerald. However, I doubt that Hemingway enjoyed his time with Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald isn’t that much fun to spend time with. Fitzgerald is depressed, mostly because of his mentally ill wife pecking away at his confidence. To top it all off, he is a hypochondriac (“There was nothing wrong with me at the Dingo.” This is after he gets taken to the hospital for having too much to drink; pg. 152.). Despite Fitzgerald’s flaws, it is still interesting to see two of the best writers of the 20^th century enjoying small talk.

" If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for all of Paris is a moveable feast.”

The above quote is where I want to go. I have been to Paris once before, but I went years ago, and I don’t think I got the full experience I had hoped. I would love to have the opportunity to go again; only with my good friends and family and during a time where I could remember it. I don’t necessarily want to live there, but I would be perfectly content with a visit. I don’t think any visit could match the beauty of Paris in the 1920’s, but I wish to visit Paris nonetheless. The allure of Paris is incomparable, and I wish to be able to go there; specifically to the Café on St-Michael. I would love to be able to drink white wine with oysters, while being served by a beautiful women with black hair. The place itself seems like a great place to spend an afternoon, or even a day. Of course I would love to be able to visit other places (Eiffel tower, L’arc de triomphe), but that just seems like one of the best ways to let a day pass you by.