F. Scott Fitzgerald's No Great Mischief
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No Great Mischief is a very interesting novel in the fact that it effortlessly transitions from past to present. When Alexander is at the Orthodontist Convention in Chapter 8 he has a bizarre conversation in which the majority of his answers are “It’s not that simple.”
Everything in Alexander’s life has been seen in terms of ancestry. His personal identity has been formed by the deep scottish roots of the Clan Calum Ruadh, right down to his own name and the names of his siblings and the Gaelic that permeates their daily life. He has spent his whole life learning to “always look after his own blood” and that you are always linked to those that have come before you, hence why none of the answers to the man’s questions are simple. When a man who