The Baby Party

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The Baby Party is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald that satirically portrays the tensions and disillusionment of young middle-class parents through a children's party that spirals into adult conflict.

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instanceOf short story ⓘ
author F. Scott Fitzgerald ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
featuresCharacter Ede Andros ⓘ
firstPublicationForm magazine publication ⓘ
genre fiction ⓘ
satire ⓘ
short fiction ⓘ
hasConflictType domestic conflict ⓘ
social conflict ⓘ
hasMotif appearance versus reality ⓘ
parties in Fitzgerald’s fiction ⓘ
includedInCollection Taps at Reveille ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryAnalysisFocus contrast between adult and child behavior ⓘ
critique of American middle-class values ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
mainTheme immaturity of adults ⓘ
marital tension ⓘ
middle-class disillusionment ⓘ
parental anxiety ⓘ
social pretension ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person narration ⓘ
periodOfPublication 1920s ⓘ
plotSummary A children’s party escalates into conflict between parents after a quarrel between toddlers. ⓘ
portrays fragility of domestic happiness ⓘ
social competition among parents ⓘ
young middle-class parents ⓘ
protagonist Edith Andros ⓘ
John Andros ⓘ
setting suburban United States ⓘ
tone ironic ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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All the Sad Young Men → containsWork → The Baby Party ⓘ