Blog number 3.  I would love to write about Gertrude Stein and all her wonderfulness, being a woman and all I'd like to think that I am somewhat of a feminist, but I must admit I did not get it.  I know that I need to delve more into her writings and learn more about her than what I learned from the headnotes but what I have read, I did not understand.  I'm hoping that in class we will get into it a little more and some of the other students, or the kind Doctor C, will shed some light on it for me.

That being said, I have decided to talk about "Babylon Revisited".  I loved this story.  I felt as if I were there, in the midst of Paris,  and even though it feels gray and dingy, I was still drawn to it.  Charlie seems to really care for his daughter, although I found it interesting that he didn't say he loved her.  He really seemed to be working out his problems and really just wants to move on with his life, with his daughter.  I believe that he has changed and that his best interest is at the core of him wanting his daughter to live with him.

Charlie is living in Prague and doing business in Prague and goes to Paris to visit his daughter Honoria, who lives with her aunt and uncle since her mother's death.  She is obviously delighted to see him as she bounds into his lap upon his arrival.  Her aunt Marion is not so delighted.  She is put off by his visit and we can tell that she and Charlie do not get along.  Lincoln is much more at ease with Charlie's visit so it is nice that Charlie has somewhat of an ally.

When Charlie runs into Duncan and Lorraine, you can sense his disdain for the couple therefore I did not like them right away.  Turns out I was correct.  They are selfish, consumed people who only care about themselves.  This is partly why I believe that Charlie really has changed and wants to do the right thing.  He wants nothing to do with them and continually tries to put them off.  When they later come to Marion and Lincoln's home and disrupt the evening, I only feel for Charlie even more.

I truly feel that Charlie deserves to have his daughter live with him and begin their new lives.  I do understand some of Marion's concern and in some way agree with her stipulations.  If it were today and he wanted to gain custody from the two people his wife trusted with their daughter, he would have a much harder time in the courts trying to get custody of her.  I feel bad at the end when he has to wait even longer than he already has.  But I do feel that in the end, he and his daughter are reunited and can finally begin to finish the rest of their lives.