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... A, which includes three novels: The 42nd Parallel, 1919, and The Big Money. ... This paper will explore the main theme of The Big Money, which deals with the importance of money in the lives of the main characters as well as the false sense of security and joy that comes along with money. ...
The first section of The Big Money is entitled, The Newsreel LXVII. ...
The Newsreel LXVII includes a few headlines that go along extremely well with the theme of the importance of money in the novel. ... Others that involve the theme of money include: “ ‘MARKETS SURE TO RECOVER FROM SLUMP,’ ‘NEW METHODS OF SELLING SEEN,’ ‘U. ...
The Camera Eye is the second section of The Big Money, and as stated by Dos Passos in The 42nd Parallel, the intention of this section, “aims to indicate the position of the observer,” (Dos Passos). ... For example, one paragraph reads, “the barefoot girl brings him a tincup of water the woman wipes sweat off his streaming face with a dirty denim sleeve the firelight flares in his eyes stretched big with fever in the women’s scared eyed and in the blanched faces of the foreigners,” (Dos Passos). ... Mary and her lover are members of an unnamed party that is said to be raising money for miners. ... Almost immediately, there is talk of money. ... The two were then interrupted by their friend Steve, who states, “ ‘Money, We got to have money or else we’re licked,’” (Dos Passos).
The above quotes support the theme of the importance of money almost immediately in the novel. These quotes show how important money really is to the main characters. There is no talk between Mary and Don about how each other’s day went or what was new with the other person, they both just began talking about money. ...
The issue of the importance of money comes about again when Mary receives a telephone call from a man named Ben Compton. He wants to meet up with her to tell her something and she states; “I’ve got to have lunch with a woman who may give some money to the miners.
Approximate Word count = 1677
Approximate Pages = 6.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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