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In Louis Adamic’s “Girl on the Road” the young woman depicted has an outward appearance symbolic to how others were feeling during the depression. Cut and bruised she is unable to care for herself but...
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Due to the sharp decline in the American Stock Market during the early thirties, many people went back to their agriculture roots to survive during such an oppressive time. However, a severe drought...
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I thought the first chapter of the novel would be a perfect preface to the pictures done by White and Caldwell. Steinbeck talks of the dryness and how it cracks the land. He talks of the dust and how...
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A Cool Million is the story of an adventurer, Lem Pitkin, which is told with a tone that mocks the severity of its content. The story is set in an immoral world where misfortune follows Lem, our...
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Reading Andrew Gross’s The American Guide Series: Patriotism as Brand Name Identification gave me the feeling he went into his project with a cynical mindset. Something that particularly irked me was...
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The title “Waiting for Nothing,” describes how the homeless live day to day without a means to correct their situation. I thought it was interesting how the ideals reflected in a stiff’s actions were...
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In the preface, Agee makes a point to remind us of his task: to capture the life of the average white-tenant farmer family. He goes into much detail of the task at hand and how absurd it sounds. You...
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Apart from the wandering ‘stiffs’, a lot of movement during the time came from tourism. In James Agee’s The American Roadside he provides knowledge on business operations that flowered during this...
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The ridiculous story that is Sullivan’s Travels portrays an affluent member of society attempting to live life like a bum. It’s a satire that has intense moments of clarity between absurdities....
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The Comforts of a Bus
In Nathan Asche’s “The Road”, he makes a point to tell the reader his method of travel for his cross-country adventure. He argues that trains are too pompous, too comfortable. People dress up and try...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trust or Duress?
In Louis Adamic’s “Girl on the Road” the young woman depicted has an outward appearance symbolic to how others were feeling during the depression. Cut and bruised she is unable to care for herself but...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The American Exodus
Due to the sharp decline in the American Stock Market during the early thirties, many people went back to their agriculture roots to survive during such an oppressive time. However, a severe drought...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thinking,Figuring
I thought the first chapter of the novel would be a perfect preface to the pictures done by White and Caldwell. Steinbeck talks of the dryness and how it cracks the land. He talks of the dust and how...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ignorance is Bliss
A Cool Million is the story of an adventurer, Lem Pitkin, which is told with a tone that mocks the severity of its content. The story is set in an immoral world where misfortune follows Lem, our...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Real America
Reading Andrew Gross’s The American Guide Series: Patriotism as Brand Name Identification gave me the feeling he went into his project with a cynical mindset. Something that particularly irked me was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Capitalism of Homelessness
The title “Waiting for Nothing,” describes how the homeless live day to day without a means to correct their situation. I thought it was interesting how the ideals reflected in a stiff’s actions were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How was it? Indescribable
In the preface, Agee makes a point to remind us of his task: to capture the life of the average white-tenant farmer family. He goes into much detail of the task at hand and how absurd it sounds. You...
View ArticleClik here to view.
I Guess I Would Travel
Apart from the wandering ‘stiffs’, a lot of movement during the time came from tourism. In James Agee’s The American Roadside he provides knowledge on business operations that flowered during this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sullivan’s Travels
The ridiculous story that is Sullivan’s Travels portrays an affluent member of society attempting to live life like a bum. It’s a satire that has intense moments of clarity between absurdities....
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