The Lost Generation
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Who was the lost generation?
First generation of Americans to fight in WW1
War vets
Victims of PTSD
War vets
Victims of PTSD
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When did they write?
1920-1930’s
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Why are they considered the lost generation?
Tendency to act aimless and reckless
Focused on the indulgence of wealth and life
Focused on the indulgence of wealth and life
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Topics
Disillusionment post WW1 society
Loss of identity and tradition
Uncertainty of future
Loss of identity and tradition
Uncertainty of future
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Archibald Macleish
Poet, Lawyer, playwright, and statesman
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Ernest Hermingway
American author and journalist
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F Scott Fitzgerald
Themes consist ambition, loss, discipline, self indulgence, love, romance, money, and class.
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