69 pages • 2 hours read
Main Street
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1920
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Essay Topics
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Analyze how Carol Kennicott’s reformist ambitions collide with Gopher Prairie’s social norms. How does Lewis use her evolving expectations to critique the limits of Progressive Era uplift?
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Discuss the novel’s portrayal of “boosterism” as a compulsory and intellectually stifling form of civic pride. In what scenes does promotional rhetoric become a mechanism of social control?
