![]() ![]() This leaves Clyde having to flee and leave Kansas City to avoid be prosecuted. A fellow bellhop convinces him to go joy riding, but accidentally runs over a kid in the street. He works as a bellhop at a hotel in town getting connected with other youth interested in dancing, drinking, and spending money. To support his family, he takes on different menial jobs. While they have no drive to be something more, he wants wealth. ![]() ![]() An American Tragedy is a pretty long book at over 900 pages divided into three parts.Ĭlyde Griffiths lives in Kansas City with his poor but religious family. What follows is an unsettling but cathartic reading Clyde bears the sin of our own failures allowing us to live free of the American expectation.įilm Adaptation of “An American Tragedy.” The story follows a young Clyde Griffiths from a lowly, street-preaching family through several iterations of social status changes. At its core, it’s a commentary on class and the American Dream. While still a product of its time, Drieser’s novel is fantastically relevant today. It’s amazing that his book was written so early. ![]()
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