It Can't Happen Here

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Sinclair Lewis: It Can't Happen Here (2020, Independently Published)

Langue : English

Publié 2 novembre 2020 par Independently Published.

ISBN :
979-8-6690-1423-0
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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.

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It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis has become very popular as of late. Chronicling the election of a crude, fast-talking populist President of the United States who leads the United States into a fascist dictatorship and the growing resistance of citizens to his rule, the book has become very popular in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as US President. It stands as one of the great American novels of the 1930s and is a brilliant dystopic satire of American society. I want to examine the novel in three aspects: as a work of literature, as an embodiment of its time, and as an exploration into the American character.

From the outset, I would say that I mostly enjoyed reading the book. The satire is biting, and I found myself laughing in many places in the beginning. It has one of the best creations in American literature: Berzelius “Buzz” …

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