What work of literature best encapsulates the American Dream?
What work of literature best encapsulates the American Dream?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
american psycho
Atlas shrugged i guess
The Great Gatsby
Wait I take that back, Death of a Salesman
Flushing ranch dressing down a dirty toilet
a day in the life of Ivan Denisovich
Obviously.
Ulysses
seconded
This nigga
The cop conference is the perfect allegory for america
let me re phrase that to be more clear
any books that doesn't suck dick?
Listen nigga it's JR it just is read the wikipedia page if you want to.
>Ulysses
>suck dick
HOLY SHHH (!) WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU ABSOLUTE PLEB?!?!?
yeah if you're fifteen and on the path to being a degenerate drug addict burnout
look I can make visual representations of what I believe the American Dream to be too
also it's JR, like that other user is saying. Fucking 10/10 book and exactly the subject matter you're looking for
this
just the movie was even too much for me
that doesn't look like the American Dream desu
what about this one
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan
a little better
(I'm saving it btw)
What the fuck, you are not the original poster, I am.
To clarify, I'm not looking only for books that confirm the American Dream, critiques are good too.
These are pretty good answers, but they're books I've already read/knew about.
Adventures of Augie March, even though nobody cares about Bellow anymore.
American Pastoral
The Day of the Locust
The post wasn't very polite, but don't try to come in my thread and troll.
Liberty by Franzen
they say it sucks though
samefag
It was a short-lived phenomenon, wasn't it? I knew an anomaly like that couldn't last. It was just a fluke. A one-time thing that will never be repeated.
glad you like it
>a book written by an Irishman living in Europe about Dublin encapsulates the American Dream
Most Americans think eating organ meat is gross and masturbating on the beach is highly illegal.
Worse choice dingus
The Art of the Deal.
If only you two went to high school together maybe you wouldn't have had to sit alone at lunch.
hey bud, I'll give you five shiny dollars to sppend on crack if you come over here and try to say that while you suck me off
Mein Kampf
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