Satyricon

The mixture of prose and poetry was hard for me to follow. I got enough of the Satyricon to understand that this Trimalchio is not the best entertainer. Considering that the Satyricon is a satire I am assuming that the ancient Romans were well aware this type of behavior was frowned upon. Even if the Romans did appropriately frown on this eating behavior they certainly had a number of other habits we moderns would judge as barbaric. It seems like a lot of the posts mention a comparison between the ancient Romans and the rich of our present age. I don't want to force the comparison but we don't seem all that different. I don't think our nature has changed. I forgot that that we only had to read the dinner scene. I found the chapters leading up to the dinner also quite disgusting. What I like the most about the Satyricon the most is the insight into daily behavior of the ancient Romans which wasn't egalitarian. I guess Fitzgerald saw the connection of the Satyricon to 20th century america. Although not an easy read I think it's an appropriate read given that income inequality seems to be an issue on so many people's mind and not just in America.