Reading notes Week 9: "The love of the Last Tycoon", Part B


In F Scott Fitzgerald's it says “The love of The Last Tycoon” “There is never a time when a studio is absolutely quiet. There is always a night shift of technicians in the Laboratories and dubbing rooms and people on the maintenance staff dropping in at the commissary. But the sounds are all different the padded hush of tires, the quick  tick of a motor running idle, the naked Cry of a soprano singing into a night down microphone. Around the corner I Came Upon A man in rubber boots washing down a car in a wonderful white light a fountain among the dead industrial Shadows” (554-555). Even though this part is in the beginning I really don't understand why he started the story off this way. Don't get me wrong I think this is a really good story and I love F Scott Fitzgerald work. It may just be me but for some reason the start of the story is really confusing. I do understand how he talked about The Sopranos singing because he does make a connection when he talks about how she sang “ Come come I love you only” over and over again. In addition to that I also noticed that he does make an effort to put this soprano singer in a highlighted spot. This makes me think of movies when the main character has flashbacks of someone who is least important but what they did or said makes a huge impression on them.

Citations: F Scott Fitzgerald "The love of the Last Tycoon" (554-555)

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