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Alec Connage is a friend of Amory’s at Princeton. Later on, Alec, Tom, and Amory live together in New York. Alec is also the brother of Rosalind and Cecilia. He disapproves of Amory’s relationship with Rosalind, knowing that Amory is sensitive and predicting that Rosalind will break Amory’s heart. Amory takes the blame when Alec breaks the law in Atlantic City, though he knows that Alec will resent him for it.
Alec Connage Quotes in This Side of Paradise
The This Side of Paradise quotes below are all either spoken by Alec Connage or refer to Alec Connage. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2, Chapter 4: The Supercilious Sacrifice Quotes
Sacrifice by its very nature was arrogant and impersonal; sacrifice should be eternally supercilious.
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Amory reflects on sacrifice when he is in Atlantic City with Alec Connage and his female companion, Jill Wayne. Amory decides to take the blame for being alone with an unmarried woman in a hotel room, sacrificing himself for Alec. This moment demonstrates the extent to which Amory’s character has developed and matured over the course of the novel: the fact that Amory is willing to make the sacrifice shows that he has become less self-interested, and the fact that he refuses to congratulate himself for his act of generosity illustrates his newfound humility. While Amory has been haughty and Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a.
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Alec Connage Character Timeline in This Side of Paradise
The timeline below shows where the character Alec Connage appears in This Side of Paradise. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 1, Chapter 2: Spires and Gargoyles
...get bids to eating clubs (selective social clubs where students gather to eat). He and Alec Connage join Cottage, and he is very happy during this period in college. Alec wakes...
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...Amory admires Dick and thinks he is a model aristocrat, always seeming effortless and proper. Alec reveals to Amory that rather than coming from an illustrious family, Dick’s father came from...
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...his friends are climbing the social ladder: Amory is elected to the prom committee, and Alec believes that Tom could be on the senior council, even though a year ago he...
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Near the end of the semester, Amory, Alec, and others are driving back from New York when they find Dick Humbird dead on...
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Book 1, Chapter 3: The Egotist Considers
After failing the exam, Amory becomes aimless and idle. Alec tells him that he was lazy, but Amory feels that he was meant to fail...
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Book 1, Chapter 4: Narcissus Off Duty
Amory begins to enjoy college again and feels youthful and energetic. Alec tells Amory that he is getting a reputation for being eccentric, like Burne, because Amory...
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Book 2, Chapter 1: The Débutante
In February of the next year, Rosalind Connage and Cecelia Connage, Alec’s young sisters, are preparing for Rosalind’s debutante ball at the Connage house. Amory arrives and...
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...have been kissed. Rosalind dances with Dawson and makes him admit that he loves her. Alec tells Cecelia that he does not want Amory to fall in love with Rosalind because...
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Book 2, Chapter 2: Experiments in Convalescence
...home to the apartment he shares with Tom, who is now a magazine writer, and Alec. Tom reveals that Alec is moving out to return home and that they may not...
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Book 2, Chapter 4: The Supercilious Sacrifice
Amory meets Alec, who is driving with two women, in Atlantic City. Amory is preoccupied by the deaths...
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Amory tells Alec to lie in the bathroom and pretend to be drunk. The detectives escort Amory and...
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