"The Job: An American Novel" by Sinclair Lewis is a story about Captain Lew Golden, a lawyer in Panama, Pennsylvania, and his family, which highlights ambition and society's expectations, especially concerning gender. The book looks honestly at the challenges women face, like Lew's daughter Una, who wants to be independent and have a career when society doesn't encourage women to do so. At first, Captain Lew Golden is shown as an ordinary, middle-class lawyer whose life is all about his regular routines. His wife wants more excitement than her life with Lew offers. The story then focuses on Una, their daughter, who struggles with what society expects from women. After her father passes away, Una manages her family's money and dreams of a life outside of her small town, leading her consider a new life in New York where she hopes to become a businesswoman. The story sets the stage to explore Una's changing identity and the challenges and opportunities she will face.
The Job: An American Novel
By Sinclair Lewis
In a time of societal constraints, a young woman seeks independence and success in a world that questions her ambitions, testing the boundaries of gender roles and expectations.
Summary
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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