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West portrays a vicious circle in which a society exploits the worst in human nature. It also shows how west will use his protagonists stream of thoughts and later homer simpsons simultaneously to create character and to analyze the hollywood milieu. Set in hollywood during the great depression, the day of the locust depicts the estrangement and fears of a varied group who exist at the margins of the movie business, tensions exploding at the end with a riot during a film premiere. Miss lonelyhearts and the day of the locust new directions. It is also a successful adaptation of an accomplished novel of the same name by nathanel west named one of times the. Problems of interpretation this novel is difficult to interpret because it employs various methods to convey its themes, which are not always clearly interrelated. The day of the locust, published in 1939, is set on the fringes of the film business in 1930s hollywood. The day of the locust is a 1939 novel by american author nathanael west set in hollywood, california. The day of the locust is a novel by american author nathanael west, set in hollywood, california during the great depression. Scott fitzgerald, dorothy parker, and dashiell hammett, and hailed as one of the best one hundred englishlang. The book the day of the locust english literature essay. Faye is not truly a great beauty, but he is drawn to her lascivious expression in the photo and her declaration when they met that she is not interested in love from a good hearted man without money and looks.
Tod watches an army of cavalry and foot, actors appropriately costumed and kept in line by a vulgar fat man who screams directions through a megaphone. While preparing to go to a party, he thinks about faye greener, the very attractive aspiring actress who lives just below him with her father, harry. He had almost quit painting after graduation, but he finds himself reinvigorated by his new l. Miss lonelyhearts is widely regarded as wests masterpiece. Although its a quick read, the day of the locust is anything but a breeze.
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