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1. Describe the setting of "The Baby Party."

"The Baby Party" takes place in the suburbs outside an unnamed city, somewhere in the northern United States. It is likely set in Fitzgerald's own time, in the 1920's, and it take place in the last week of December.

2. What does John Andros enjoy about being a father?

Andros enjoys knowing that his daughter exists as a kind of immortality for himself. He likes to hear her babble on the phone in the afternoons, and he likes to hold her for a few minutes when he gets home and soak in her youthful vitality.

3. What does John Andros see as the drawbacks to being a father?

Andros does not like the mess and chaos that go along with having children. He resents having to make choices--like moving to the suburbs--that are best for Ede but not what he would prefer, and he resents the interruption to his "love-affair" with his wife (3).

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