Part one of term paper
Theodore Drieser constructed a character like no other in the book, . Clyde Griffiths started off as a young man with no real problems, except for the fact that his family was strictly religious and poor. I say “no real problems” because during the course of the novel, this boy spirals down in life. One event after the other brings thi ...

Part two of term paper
... This is where all the trouble really started. Clyde gets to know boys his own age and gets a taste of life outside of his evangelist family. He sees what the world really has to offer and it is quite tempting for someone who has never known what it is too be like a boy his age. He starts going out at night with the boys from work and even drinks a little, which has taught to be forbidden in his family. Clyde gets to know girls, which ends up being his major problem in the end. Soon Clyde ...