The themes of love and loneliness are portrayed through character development and symbolism. "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a perfect example of how the theme of the story is created through symbols. One father who made some mistakes in his past that cost him his wife and daughter is now coming back to patch things up. His life went down the tubes with the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and paralleled the Great Depression. …showed first 75 words of 1691 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1691 total…love and loss of the whole story. The protagonist went through the story creating many themes and symbols on the way. Each was straight forward, but had its own uniqueness. Fitzgerald wants to send the message of how important someone's life is and how easily it can disappear, he continuously portrays this idea through out the entire story. The complex and interesting story of Charles Wales becomes the reality life story of F. Scott Fitzgerald.