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    World War 1: The Lost Generation On November 11th‚ 1918‚ the first Great War‚ World War 1‚ came to an end. Two hundred thousand American soldiers lost their lives. Those who were fortunate enough to make it back home had lost their spirits. Their generation had to suffer the brutality‚ hypocrisy‚ disillusionment and alienation of this war. Their generation is known as the Lost Generation‚ yet the painful memories of that war remained with them for no one to understand. World

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    How useful is the idea of a ‘lost generation’? The phrase and idea of a lost generation in studies of African youth‚ has been closely associated with the work of Cruise O’Brien. In 1996‚ O’Brien identified a generation of young people (loosely defined)[1] who‚ as a consequence of factors including political unrest‚ violence and economic collapse leading to the breakdown of social structures‚ were unable to complete a socially constructed transition from youth to adulthood – therefore remaining

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    The Lost Generation refers specifically to the group of American expatriate writers associated with 1920s Paris. It is a term used to refer to the generation that came of age during World War I. Ernest Hemingway is said to be the most distinguished author of this group of writers having first used the phrase "You are all a lost generation" as the epigraph to his first novel The Sun Also Rises. After World War I‚ when nineteen-year-old Hemingway returned home‚ his parents did not understand the psychological

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    BJTU’s Course Thesis for History and Anthology of American Literature The Great Gatsby and the Lost Generation | Institute: | School of Languages | | | Major: | English | | | Student: | Chen Haoxiang | | | Reg. No. | 10321004 | | | Tutor: | Dr. Zhang Junxue | | June 08‚ 2012 The Great Gatsby and the Lost Generation By Chen Haoxiang Abstract: The Great Gatsby is regarded as the most widely taught and widely read American literary classic. A classic is a work that

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    text‚ Chapter 5 page 2‚ “before he had announced to himself that he was about to fight he threw the obedient‚ well-balanced rifle into position and fired a first wild shot. Directly he was working at his weapon like an automatic affair.” “He suddenly lost concern for himself‚ and forgot to look at a menacing fate. He became not a man but a member. He felt that

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    The Great Gatsby was the novel of the “Lost Generation” because it the explained the dreams and aspirations of people during that time. The novel was the voice of the generation‚ as it highlighted most of their rebellious actions and their deterioration of moral values. For a single novel to represent an entire generation‚ it must be relatable to the majority of its readers‚ and also have a captivating plot line. If a novel was to be written about our generation‚ it would highlight the struggle to rise

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    A Farewell to Arms‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ is somewhat of a Romeo and Juliet love story‚ with a tragic ending. In this novel‚ Romeo is Frederick Henry and Juliet is Catherine Barkley. Their love affair must survive the everything that is around them during World War I. The setting of this novel is war-torn Italy. The love between Catherine and Frederick must outlast long separations‚ life-threatening war situations‚ and the uncertainty of each other’s whereabouts or condition. This is a love

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    Ernest Hemingway illustrates in his book‚ Farewell to Arms‚ the character of Frederick Henry; an ambulance driver‚ who is put to the ultimate test during the madness and atrocity of WWI. His experiences at the front pose a challenge only a Hemingway hero can affront successfully. As the epitome of a code hero‚ Frederick is a man of action‚self-discipline‚ and one who maintains grace under pressure but lacks certain characteristics a person should possess. Throughout the book‚ Hemingway expresses

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    April 14‚ 2012 A Farewell to Arms & The Grapes of Wrath The two novels The Grapes of Wrath & A Farewell to Arms both contain a main character who shares some of the same qualities depicting how they live their lives. The Grapes of Wrath‚ written in 1939 involves the character known as Tom Joad; A Farewell to Arms has a very similar character in ways that might not be open to the public eye known as Frederic Henry. Written by Ernest Hemingway in 1928‚ A Farewell to Arms discusses the reality

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    A Farewell to Arms: Ernest Hemingway in Frederic Henry Experts often agree that to write an extraordinary piece of literature‚ the author must write of his‚ or her‚ first-hand knowledge or experience‚ of a subject matter; and Ernest Hemingway knew this. He was best known for his plain spoken‚ straightforward‚ no-frills writing style. Plain words‚ simple sentences‚ and frequent repetition earned him the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. He was a literary scholar. Ernest Hemingway’s

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