Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Lesson Plan

In what way is this Fitzgerald’s most “psychological” story yet? How is the psyche explored both explicitly and latently?

The psychological component of this story is first acknowledged when Miles tells Joel that he is seeing a psychoanalyst, explaining, “First I went for claustrophobia, now I’m trying to get my whole life cleared up.” The psychoanalysis is mentioned again with regard to Miles’ infidelity: according to Stella, Miles has some sort of Freudian complex. Beyond these explicit references to the psyche, there is also a latent psychological component to the rest of the action. When Stella and Miles return to her house, they are both paranoid about the...