Babylon Revisited

In "Babylon Revisited", Charlie's attitudes towards himself and his own past are those of dislike and a hint of embarrassment. He does not find it pleasant to be haunted by his memories of the past. His attitudes towards his own past seems to be of disgust and dislike. He thinks grudgingly after visiting an old party spot, "You have to be damn drunk". There is a annoyed sense in these words that one would think the speaker to have when saying them. Charlie obviously feels a sense of regret of throwing money away and throwing time away in his past. The reader knows Charlie isn't happy at all with his past when he describes the next day that the depression has disappeared. Although this is so, he is constantly reminded of those that he probably has tried so hard in the past to forget and it is obviously hard for him to do so, considering that everything he meets and touches has had some sort of trigger of a specific memory for Charlie. This shows that he has difficulties of escaping the past. Specifically the memory of Helen, his wife, remits a special attachment to the past for both him and Marion. It is apparant that Charlie still has a whole lot of love for Helen and that the memory of her life and death both mean dearly to him. In a way, by having Honoria back with him, he has a part of Helene back with him as well. Honoria is also a memory trigger for Charlie in regards to Helen because of all the plans that the couple had for their life together.