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An American Tragedy
Theodore Drieser constructed a character like no other in the book, An American Tragedy. Clyde Griffiths started off as a young man with no real problems, except for the fact that his family was strictly religious and poor. I say “no real problems” because during the course of the novel, this boy spirals down in life ....
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.... He became very detached from his family and when his mother needed him most, he was not there. This is when the deviation of Clyde begins. He goes on a joyride with some friends, as well as Hortense, and what happened during that ride changed his life forever. On the way back from having a splendid day with the ladies and men, they hit a little girl. They left the scene of the accident and then crashed the car immediately following. Not only did they leave the scene of an accident, but the car was borrowed without permission. Clyde managed to escape, as well as a few others, but l ....
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