https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc By: F. Scott Fitzgerald en-us 2021-03-05 15:29:06 UTC 2025-09-24 12:53:25 UTC hello@padlet.com slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274105089 Benjamin Button was born in the Maryland Private Hospital for Ladies and Gentlemen. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274105089 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274113554 Benjamin was brought home from the hospital and was to wear gentlemen looking clothes, cut his hair short and dyed black, and shave his face. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:35:25 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274113554 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274120102 Benjamin attends kindergarten (for the first time) and was removed from school for his oldish behavior.]]> 2021-03-05 15:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274120102 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274127683 Benjamin is twelve and he is starting to notice that his hair is starting to become gray instead of white, his wrinkles began to disappear. He no longer had to carry a cane or wear his spectacles. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274127683 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274141398 Benjamin is now eighteen and his hair is becoming a darker grey, his voice lost its crack and had a healthy baritone. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:40:53 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274141398 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274145137 Benjamin passed his examination and became a part of the freshman class at Yale.]]> 2021-03-05 15:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274145137 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274164697 The register refused to believe that Benjamin was actually eighteen years old, and demanded him to leave Yale immediately. 
"A man of your age trying to enter here as a freshman. Eighteen years old, are you? Well, I'll give you eighteen minutes to get out of town" (Chapter 4).]]> 2021-03-05 15:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274164697 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274170692 Benjamin is now twenty years old and works for his father in Rodger Button & Co. Wholesale Hardware. He also started going out socially around this time]]> 2021-03-05 15:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274170692 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274175742 Benjamin and his father go to a dance, and Benjamin falls in love at first sight with Hildegarde Moncrief. They had a few dances together, and it was clear Hildegarde had feelings for Benjamin while also raving about how she loves men in their fifties. 
"A rigor passed over him, blood rose into his cheeks, his forehead, and there was a steady thumping in his ears. It was first love" (Chapter 5).]]> 2021-03-05 15:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274175742 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274182973 Benjamin and Hildegarde announce their engagement which did not make many people happy, including her father.
"I say "made unknown" for General Moncrief declared he would rather fall upon his sword than announce it" (Chapter 6)]]> 2021-03-05 15:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274182973 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274188903 The New York papers had put Benjamin in the newspapers and he became known in the journalism world as the "Mystery Man of Maryland".]]> 2021-03-05 15:50:16 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274188903 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274196707 Rodger Button has retired and the family fortune has doubled. Benjamin is also starting to notice how is he looks even younger and feels younger then he ever has before.]]> 2021-03-05 15:51:34 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274196707 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274213060 Benjamin executed his famous business coup. He was also the first man in Baltimore to own and run an automobile.]]> 2021-03-05 15:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274213060 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274219781 Sine Benjamin is getting younger, he is starting to loose affection for his wife as she continues to get older. He finds their situation to now be flipped, as he is the young one and she is the older one. ]]> 2021-03-05 15:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274219781 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274228362 Benjamin joins the army and serves in the Spanish-American war.]]> 2021-03-05 15:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274228362 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274232013 Benjamin arrives home after being in the army to only be disappointed with the way his wife looks. He can see that he looks even younger than he did before.]]> 2021-03-05 15:58:43 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274232013 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274245466 He had picked up new hobbies because of his boring home life, including dancing. He was in expert at "The Boston", "Maxixe", and "Castle Walk". He also started thinking about giving the business to his son. ]]> 2021-03-05 16:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274245466 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274252565 After he gave the business to his son, he decided to go to Harvard, and he was admitted. He made the football year his freshman year, barely made it his sophomore and junior year, and did not make it senior year because he was too little. ]]> 2021-03-05 16:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274252565 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274260508 Benjamin graduated from Harvard and went back home to Baltimore. Him and his son's relationship is very rocky and it is obvious that Roscoe is irritated and embarrassed by his father. 
""It looks absurd for a boy of fifteen to call me by my first name. Perhaps you'd better call me 'Uncle' all the time, so you'll get used to it." With a harsh look at his father, Roscoe turned away..." (Chapter 4). ]]> 2021-03-05 16:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274260508 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274267931 Benjamin receives a letter stating that his service is wanted back with a higher rank. Roscoe became aware of the fact that Benjamin had left home and went and got him to bring him back home. ]]> 2021-03-05 16:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274267931 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274275654 Benjamin's first grandchild is born.]]> 2021-03-05 16:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274275654 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274278074 Roscoe brings both his son and Benjamin to kindergarten (again). As Roscoe's son began moving up in his education, Benjamin stayed in kindergarten until he became unable to understand what was going on anymore. ]]> 2021-03-05 16:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274278074 slewsey1 https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274285432 Benjamin's decline begins to happen. He spends his last days with his nurse, Nana. who is caring for him. He no longer had memories of his life, no longer able to talk, and becomes a full on new-born baby. Finally, everything goes black and he is completely unaware of everything and he dies :(
"Then it was all dark, and his white crib and the dim faces that moved above him, and the warm sweet aroma of the milk, faded out altogether from his mind" (Chapter 11).]]> 2021-03-05 16:09:16 UTC https://padlet.com/slewsey1/te2cl3vpgmnhotkc/wish/1274285432