Document Type
Thesis
Degree
Bachelor of Arts in English
Advisor
James Tackach, Ph.D.
Abstract
J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, and Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, all critique the American Dream revealing hidden nightmares within the core ideals of that Dream.
Recommended Citation
Franks, Diandra Yvonne, "A 1950s Critique of the American Dream Despised, Devastated, and Deferred" (2015). English Theses. 120.
https://docs.rwu.edu/english_theses/120