Good classic American literature about disillusionment?

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Bestbook

Question by koolkitti70: Good classic American literature about disillusionment?
I need either a book or a short story. I’ve thought so far about Of Mice and Men. Can you suggest some more? I’m planning to include it with Fight Club in my research paper about disillusionment in American literature.

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Answer by kittydoormat
Catcher in the Rye

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5 Responses to Good classic American literature about disillusionment?

  1. QWERTY says:
    June 18, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    The Outsiders

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  2. Nina says:
    June 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm

    The Catcher in the Rye

    The Corrections

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  3. oceancity says:
    June 18, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    Try the mother of all modern American lit–The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald.
    It’s completely american-dream-gone-awry and it’s awesome.

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  4. artful says:
    June 18, 2010 at 4:04 pm

    Moby Dick, The House of the Seven Gables, Huckleberry Finn,

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  5. truefirstedition says:
    June 18, 2010 at 5:01 pm

    “All the King’s Men” by Robert Penn Warren is about disillusionment on many levels.

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