An American Tragedy
Prepared by the Litseller editorial team. Our goal is to share concise, accurate, and valuable book summaries for personal growth and education.
Main Ideas
- Exposing the 'American Dream,' highlighting its unattainability for people from lower social classes
- Critique of materialism and the pursuit of success at any cost, leading to moral degradation
- Exploration of the psychology of crime and moral dilemmas related to the choice between poverty and crime
- Depiction of social injustice and its impact on individual destinies, their choices, and life paths
- Analysis of the influence of family upbringing and social environment on the formation of personality and spiritual values
Date of publication: 14 May 2024
Last updated: 14 July 2024
———An American Tragedy
Author:
Genre: Classical literature