Important brush strokes: the significance of two biblical episodes in Fitzgerald's 'Tender Is the Night.'(analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel) From: ANQ | Date: September 22, 1996| Author: Tucker, Kenneth | COPYRIGHT 1996 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Two episodes involving healing in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, 'Tender Is the Night,' echo stories from the New Testament. The first allusion recalls Jesus' exorcism of a possessed boy, contrasting it with protagonist Dick Diver's unsuccessful cure of Francisco's alcoholism and homosexuality. The second, in which Devereux Warren, Diver's father-in-law, is inexplicably cured, alludes to Jesus' miraculous healing of paralytics. Both episodes emphasize the scientifically trained Diver's inadequa...