The American literature reflects on different social changes in the society focusing also on the human spirituality and faith. It is clear that since 1880 up to the present day’s American society transformed, and the religious liberation and freedom of choice have become inevitable. Starting with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain to The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and finishing with City of God by E.L. Doctorow, the religious thought in America has been changing based on the new social, political, technological and economical adaptations.
In times of Mark Twain, American society was full of drawbacks. The main character in his well-known book sheds light on this constant state of inequality and people pretending to be good. Huck sees the absurdity of human intentions and their actions while dealing with faith and religion. Each Sunday, men took their guns to the sermon listening to “brotherly love and suchlike tiresomeness” in order for everyone to tell it was a good …show more content…
Between the two world wars, Fitzgerald writes his novel describing a person addicted by his desire to become rich and earn the love of a young woman. Jay Gatsby incorporates the ideals of the American Dream as long as he created himself and could manage to get into the wealth and the filth of the constant parties with pleasure as the main goal. It is a story of the decadence touching on the main character. It is about the spiritual poverty as a result of the pursuit of wealth. The latter does not make people great, according to the author. Religion is more like another way to gather people for the sake of some profits. Jay Gatsby could believe in himself “with the faith of fifty million people” (Fitzgerald 60). In fact, the author highlights the power of money, human ambitions and American greed as impeding the power of love, support, respect, rationality and
In times of Mark Twain, American society was full of drawbacks. The main character in his well-known book sheds light on this constant state of inequality and people pretending to be good. Huck sees the absurdity of human intentions and their actions while dealing with faith and religion. Each Sunday, men took their guns to the sermon listening to “brotherly love and suchlike tiresomeness” in order for everyone to tell it was a good …show more content…
Between the two world wars, Fitzgerald writes his novel describing a person addicted by his desire to become rich and earn the love of a young woman. Jay Gatsby incorporates the ideals of the American Dream as long as he created himself and could manage to get into the wealth and the filth of the constant parties with pleasure as the main goal. It is a story of the decadence touching on the main character. It is about the spiritual poverty as a result of the pursuit of wealth. The latter does not make people great, according to the author. Religion is more like another way to gather people for the sake of some profits. Jay Gatsby could believe in himself “with the faith of fifty million people” (Fitzgerald 60). In fact, the author highlights the power of money, human ambitions and American greed as impeding the power of love, support, respect, rationality and