Slickers
When Amory is going to high school, he quickly realizes that there's a certain type of social being who (in his mind) needs to be categorized. So he and his buddy stay up one night listing all the...
Personality and Personage
Monsignor Darcy gives Amory a very important lesson when he teaches him the difference between personalities and personages. According to Darcy, "A personality is what you thought you were, what th...
Blue Ribbons
Toward the end of the novel, Amory Blaine becomes more and more of a socialist. His most radical belief is that people would still be willing to work hard… even if there were no such thing as mon...