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What significance do you attach to Fitzgerald’s choice of Honoria as a name for Charlie’s daughter? In what ways is her age and the fact that she is “an individual with a code of her own” (para. 118) important in this story? In what other ways does Fitzgerald raise questions about youth and maturity?

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Fitzgerald's choice of naming Charlie's daughter Honoria is significant, because just as Charlie's desire to regain his relationship with his daughter, he also desires to regain his sense of honor, which he lost during his irresponsible and drunken days.

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