Assignment 02:
In an essay of about 1200 words conduct a close reading of this dialogue between Julie and Lois; discuss what it reveals about their individual personalities. In particular, consider notable language features that are present in the passage through a conversational analysis that includes aspects such as turn-taking, cooperative principles, implicature, and politeness strategies.

You should provide quotations from the passage to substantiate your essay’s argument.
Individual personalities
{Julie and Louis are sisters who sound and look alike. We are told Louis is a year older and more conservative. The play opens with Julie in the bathtub. There is a window above the tub and Louis’ date Mr. Calkins comes to it and begins talking with Julie. He believes he is talking to Louis as they sound alike. (He can not see in the tub to know it is Julie as this is not a perverted play) The bulk of the dialogue is between Julie and Mr. Calkins. Eventually, however, he realizes he is talking to Julie because Louis walks out the front door. The last line is Julie preparing to emerge naked from the tub and the curtain falls.} Fitzgerald uses Julie and Louis to portray the distinction between the old generation and the youth of the 20’s. Louis, who is older, exemplifies the traditional women who were used to the strict moral code of the early 1900’s. Louis is flabbergasted when Julie tells her that she often walks to the tub naked instead of wearing a towel, “ Why, You little wretch. Haven’t you any pride or self-respect?”(273) Julie comically responds, “ Lots of both. I think it proves it. I looked very well. I really am rather cute in my natural state.” This line portrays the younger generation’s confidence in their sexuality, and their desire to display it. In the next line Julie goes so far as to say that she wishes “people didn’t wear any clothes.” This statement is in stark contrast to Louis who even feels uncomfortable being naked in a bathroom.
Fitzgerald stresses the fad of literature via Julie’s and Mr. Calkins’ window conversation. Mr. Calkins asks Julie, “ Are you growing fond of literature?”(277) They discuss the different works they have read as well as poetry. Julie states that, “ I’m a low-brow. But I can remember by first poem….”(277) Here Fitzgerald taps into two of the key elements of the 20’s. Julie’s character represents the less educated people of the 20’s, those that like Lorelei read because it was trendy. Mr. Calkins, however, is a high-brow and emphatically states, “ Literature- Literature! How much it has meant to me!” (Mencken would clearly approve of Mr. Calkins) conversational analysis that includes aspects such as turn-taking, cooperative principles, implicature, and politeness strategies