"Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis is a story set in the early 1900s showing the cultural and societal norms of small-town America, told through Carol Milford's journey. Carol, a bright young woman with big dreams, arrives in Gopher Prairie, Minnesota, full of hope to make a positive change. Very quickly, she is met with the harsh reality of the town's drabness and resistance to anything new, which makes her question where she belongs. The setting of Gopher Prairie and the people she encounters represent the struggle between embracing change and being stuck in old ways, highlighting Carol's fight to bring her vision to life in a place that seems determined to stay the same.
Main Street
By Sinclair Lewis
A young woman's dreams of transforming a small town are crushed by its stubborn resistance to change, forcing her to confront the stifling reality of conformity.
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About the AuthorHarry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters." Lewis wrote six popular novels: Main Street (1920), Babbitt (1922), Arrowsmith (1925), Elmer Gantry (1927), Dodsworth (1929), and It Can't Happen Here (1935).
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