This Side of Paradise (Annotated)

This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. . .Taking its title from a line of Rupert Brooke's poem Tiare Tahiti, thebook examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Itsprotagonist, Amory Blaine, is an attractive Princeton Universitystudent who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme oflove warped by greed and status seeking.