Curse of the Starving Class Group

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When and where does The Curse of the Starving Class take place?

When:  what time period

Where:  city and state

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Posted by dietcokeismycrack on Monday December 3, 2007 at 10:48 PM and tagged with curse of the starving class, setting, timeperiod.

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  1. jamie-wheeler Teacher
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    The setting is in Southern California, around the L.A. area, and specifically the "urban sprawl" that is taking over the countryside.  The timeperiod is modern day,

    In these two quotation, Emma, (Ella's daughter and Wesley's sister) describes her life and times, a family caught in a disappearing frontier and plagued by their own demons as well. 

    ‘‘It’s always there. It comes onto us like nightmare."

    “His father was just like him. And his father before him. Wesley is just like Pop, too. Like liquid dynamite... Nitroglycerine. In the blood.”

    Who and what is killing the old way of life in modern times, modern California?  The answer is both society and ourselves. 

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/curse-starving/
    http://www.enotes.com/curse-starving/themes
    http://www.enotes.com/odp-encyclopedia/curse-starving-class

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    Posted by jamie-wheeler on Tuesday December 4, 2007 at 7:56 AM