My expectations have changed. American literature is about
struggle and overcoming our fears and oppression of society. We see that in ALL
of the things we've read! In the Land of the Free (544) is about the oppression
of immigrants and how the government rules on money. These people cannot even
get their child back without waving some money in someone's face. The Other Two
by Edith Wharton (522) is about a woman climbing out of oppression through the
men she marries. An Agony. As is Now (1520) is about the oppression of a man
who cannot be himself in his own skin. Even Entropy (1547) is a story of
intellectuals being oppressed by the advances in technology making free
thinking seem obsolete. All of these stories are from different time periods,
yet deal with the same ideology. Being oppressed and unable to express their
feelings based on societal clauses, which either make them feel helpless and
suffocated, or liberate them in to going against the current and being the
person they long to be.
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