Babylon Revisited

A theme of Scott F. Fitzgerald short story "Babylon Revisited" is that your consequences to your actions can sometimes be severe. Your actions can have severe consequences is the theme because Charlie regrets of being reckless three years ago. He illustrates this theme through Charlie's actions of trying to make better of what he had done to deserve unhappiness. He used to be irresponsible and immature because in the story " he had actually, in his immature years, stolen a tricycle and pedaled Lorraine all over Étoile between the small hours of dawn", (Fitzgerald12)," We tried to call the president",( Fitzgerald11) when he was engaged with his wife. He didn't take controll or realize what had happened when his wife was dead and his daughter was taken away from his care. After his wife was dead his sister-in-law hated him because she accused him of taking part of her sisters death. So when Charlie returned she didn't want to hear him and did't trust him when he said that he had changed. In the story it said" her response was more frankly tepid, though she minimized her expression of unalterable distrust by directing her regard toward his child", (Fitzgerald3).