Formalism In The Novel 'The Illegal'

Over the summer, I was assigned to read a novel of my choice for my English Honors class. I had decided upon reading The Help, because it is a great piece of literature written from the perspective of The Help by a twenty-three year old struggling journalist about the maids lives and struggles in the 1960’s. I was then detailed to use the piece of literature that I had chosen to read, to then express a type of literary criticism. Upon countless days of pondering the opheldering question of what

The Beat Movement Following the conclusion of World War II, a collective of artists and authors began questioning the American Dream. In time, the ideas of this collective confronted mainstream society and ultimately led to a cultural shift, known as the Beat movement. Just as the postwar economic boom of the mid-1950s nourished American idealism, a new generation began to question the dominant materialism of American society. Although the Beat generation began on paper, through the artistry of

elaborates on the perplexed societal lifestyle individuals have chosen to adapt to after the war. From the beginning of Fitzgerald’s novel, the narrator introduces himself to the audience as Nick Carraway, a Minnesota native who moves to West Egg with dreams of finding a job in the bond business. Nick Carraway’s perspective of dramatic events within Fitzgerald’s novel reflects the unsettling nature of American lives during this time period. Nick’s self-inflicted perspective ultimately changes due to