An American Tragedy | Social Sensitivity
Dreiser was clearly disillusioned with the American Dream, and his concern with the conflict between morality and the pursuit of success is especially evident in An American Tragedy. Both An American Tragedy and his first—and perhaps most controversial— novel, Sister Carrie, focus on people who feel driven to conform to social class pressures and forsake morality in order to get ahead in society. As two of Dreiser's better-known works, An American Tragedy and Sister Carrie are noted for their social criticism. They present a bleak look at American...
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