English Final - Midnight in Paris

Question 1

main characters

Answer 1

Gil, Inez, Gertrude Stein, F Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Adriana, T.S. Elliot

Question 2

plot summary

Answer 2

Gil and his fiancé Inez go to paris on vacation. Each night at midnight, Gil is transported to back in time to Paris in the 1920s, which he considers to be the Golden Age. There, he meets famous authors and artists of that time period like Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Gertrude Stein. While in the 1920s, he meets Adriana. They hang out, low key fall in love, but can’t be together bc they are from different time periods. Adriana considers paris in the 1890s to be the Golden Age, and she decides to stay in that time period.

Question 3

themes/how it connects to unit (TSAR specifically)

Answer 3

nostalgia, going back to a better time, romanticizing the past/history, being dissatisfied with life/present, isolation

Question 4

message

Answer 4

appreciate the present - live in the moment

accept change/embrace growth