The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and other stories

`The Bowl` is a clear metaphor for this cold and brittle world, as a beautiful woman is made to suffer for the cruelty of her youth, her punishment ironically taking the shape of a cut-glass punch-bowl. The amusing `Bernice Bobs Her Hair` depicts a dull girl striving at all cost to enter society, where the competition and Jealousy wrought between women leads to bitter vengeance and a quirky twist in the tale. However, the powerful and destructive influence of money is never more stunningly revealed than in Fitzgerald` s most famous and unusual story, `The Diamond as Big as the Ritz`.