Crazy Sunday Great Gatsby

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The short story “Crazy Sunday” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about one out of the ordinary Sunday for Joel Coles. He’s s a 28 year old screenwriter who on a typical Sunday just works. This Sunday he receives an invite to tea with Miles Calman, an important director. Miles’ wife, Stella, flirts and tries to get Joel to drink, he doesn’t drink because Miles is against alcoholism. Later in the evening Joel mocked another producers work and was looked down on because he did. The next day Joel writes apologizing to Miles. His best friend tried getting him to laugh it off but he’s not okay until he gets an invite from Stella to supper. When Joel goes to supper he discovers Miles and his wife are having problems and becomes their intermediary. Miles is sleeping with his wife’s best friend and Stella tries to make Miles jealous by bringing Joel to events. Joel realizes he’s become a piece in Stella’s game with Miles and refuses to be with her. Then late one evening Stella gets a phone call and she hears that a plane crashed and Miles body had been identified. Now that we know what was said in the short story we will discuss what was left unsaid from the short story. One of the first main things that …show more content…

“The body of Miles Calman has been identified…” (Fitzgerald, 1). That was what was said to Miles’ wife over the phone and when she heard this she dropped to the floor in disbelief. Joel then picked up the phone to know what she fell for and he heard that a plane had crashed and Miles had passed away. After his passing Joel states that the office was different but everyone's opinions of him had become clear, he was an American born director with an artistic conscience and interesting temperament. Although now, Stella desperately tries to make Joel stay with her, he is now realizing that he’s her only link with Miles, and if he does stay, he is doomed to be a surrogate for the man she

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