University of California Theodore Dreisers An American Tragedy Reflection Essay

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You will be writing a 2-3 page reflection paper on one of the selected novels below.

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CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING NOVELS. A REFLECTION PAPER ON THIS BOOK THAT LINKS THE BOOK TO ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT MUST BE COMPLETED FOR THE FINAL: (10%) Mark Twain, The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, (1894) Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country (1913) Willa Cather, My Antonia (1918) Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy 1925) Richard Wright, Native Son (1940) James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room (1956) Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums (1958) Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) Toni Morrison, The Song of Solomon (1977) Octavia Butler, Kindred (1979) Sandra Cisneros, The House on Mango Street (1984) Don De Lillo, White Noise (1985) Octavia Butler, The Parable of the Sower (1993) Phillip Roth. American Pastoral (1997) Phillip Roth, The Human Stain (2000) Michael Chabon, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, (2000) Percival Everett, Erasure (2001) Jonathan Lethem, Fortress of Solitude (2003) Junot Diaz, This is How You Lose Her, (2012) Michael Chabon, Telegraph Avenue, (2012) Chinamanda Ngozi Adiche, Americanah (2013) Ross Gay, Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude, (2016) Colin Whitehead, The Underground Railroad (2017) Tommy Orange, There There (2018) Alexander Chee, Edinburgh, (2018) Ocean Vuong, In Life We Were Briefly Gorgeous, (2019)
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Running head: AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY

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A Reflection of Theodore Dreiser’s, An American Tragedy
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AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
Theodore Dreiser’s, An American Tragedy is the story of Clyde Griffiths, who spends his
life in the desperate quest for success. On a profound level, it is the masterful depiction of the
society whose morals both shape Clyde's desires and seals his destiny (Dreiser, 2014). It is an
unrivaled portrayal of the tough realities of American life and the American dream’s dark side.
Extraordinary in scope and authority, brilliant in its sense of extensive human waste, constant in
its rich empathy, 'An American Tragedy' remains as Theodore Dreiser's greatest achievement.
The novel is a comprehensive depiction of the dark side of the American Dream, a...


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