Just like in the short story, his biggest enemy is time. During his early days in the nursing home, he learns that the progression of time means that the people around him would eventually die. As he grows younger, he encounters many people who come and go, many of which are included in the final scene. And what a shame that is.
Change is inevitable and constant. Everyone experiences change one way or another, and the anxiety that Benjamin has about nothing lasting painfully resonates with almost anyone.
Then the backwards-running clock is shown one last time under a tarp and the scene fades to black. All those people have passions and gifts. Their lives may have been limited by the time they were given on Earth, but they all pursued and lived with what they loved. She takes Benjamin in when his father abandons him and she raises him as her own — despite his deformities.
Eventually she is blessed with her own baby. Elizabeth Abbott, the woman that Benjamin meets in Murmansk, tries to swim the English Channel in her youth.
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Benjamin heads off to the Spanish-American War , getting younger every year. Benjamin continues to grow younger and finally enrolls at Harvard when he looks about eighteen.
The two of them — Benjamin and his grandson — end up playing together as children. Eventually, Benjamin is young enough to go kindergarten, and finally too young even for that. At last, Benjamin can sense only colors and the smell of milk, and finally even those small sensations fade away into darkness. Parents Home Homeschool College Resources. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser.
Outside of Gatsby , however, he wrote a number of novels and short stories with the characteristic Fitzgerald touch: lush, evocative prose and haunting, poignant story lines. Fitzgerald himself called it the "funniest story ever written" source. The script made major changes from the original story, but at least it helped inspire you to read "Benjamin Button," the original. Not only does it dictate our physical condition, but our personality and character traits as well.
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