"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" (there will be spoilers)

       What a terrible way to be born. Born as an elderly person, getting younger each passing year as you turn another year "older".
       "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author of many other works such as The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night. The title character of the short story goes through quite a bit during his lifetime. He is born an elderly man and he dies as a baby. Fitzgerald depicts the life cycle of Benjamin Button quite eloquently, telling us about every part of his life and the events that happen within.
      I think that the theme of this piece is definitely pride. I understand that I did not see it so well with Pride and Prejudice but I definitely saw it in this short story. As the reader I could see pride in Benjamin's father and in his own son. Both characters believed that Benjamin would ruin their reputation, but in some cases he made it better. He ran his father's hardware business for a good number of years, maintaining it until he passed it onto his son Roscoe. After that point Roscoe is ashamed of his father, because after all, his father is younger than he is when he comes to live with Roscoe and the event of his own adolescent father moving into his home is a stab at his pride and at his reputation.
       The short story is far different from the movie adaptation which disappointed me some. It disappointed me that the movie would have strayed so far from the short story itself as to completely set itself apart. I cannot help to like both at the same time, but each in different respects. I enjoyed the movie because, well, I love movies. I enjoyed the story because the life of Benjamin Button made a bit more sense.
    Upon finishing the short story I was sad. Partially because I finished it ( I am always sad when I finish books and short stories for some reason.) and due to the events that take place in the story. The end of Benjamin's life was especially depressing.

On that note, I will leave you all to whatever you were doing. I shall see you with my next blog post.