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This research work explores the origin of the American Dream, its vanity and its consequences in three selected American novels: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Jack London's The Iron Heel and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The first chapter is an introduction to the definition of the American dream and a historical outlook of its origin and development with a focus on its social and economic promise in the twentieth century. A brief glance on the literary career of the three American authors and their novels from a socio-political perspective exposes the hollow dream and its main…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This research work explores the origin of the American Dream, its vanity and its consequences in three selected American novels: Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Jack London's The Iron Heel and John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The first chapter is an introduction to the definition of the American dream and a historical outlook of its origin and development with a focus on its social and economic promise in the twentieth century. A brief glance on the literary career of the three American authors and their novels from a socio-political perspective exposes the hollow dream and its main features. In the second chapter, there will be a discussion of The Jungle from a racial and economic angle through the character of Jirgus and his Lithuanian family. In the third chapter, there is an examination of London's The Iron Heel from a political viewpoint. This novel depicts the struggle between the capitalist class and workers. The fourth chapter discusses the American Dream from a social and economic point of view through the family of Joad.
Autorenporträt
Obaida Ksirawi was born in Homs, Syria 1985. He got English literature certificate in 2011 in Albaath University and got his M.A degree in Jerash University.