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    The Lost Generation The Lost Generation is a group of American writers who witnessed the daunting event of World War One (Jaracz). Ernest Hemingway‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ Ezra Pound‚ John Dos Passos‚ Gertrude Stein‚ Sherwood Anderson‚ Waldo Peirce‚ Sinclair Lewis‚ Zelda Fitzgerald and T. S. Eliot are among the writers which compromised the group ( "The Lost Generation."). The term “Lost Generation” was conceived by Gertrude Stein who utilized the term emblematically to refer to the young generation

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    1 English The Lost Generation (1920-1929) During the 1920 ’s a group of writers known as "The Lost Generation" gained popularity. The term "the lost generation" was created by Gertrude Stein who heard her auto-mechanic while in France said that his young workers were‚ "une generation perdue". This referred to the young workers ’ poor auto-mechanic repair skills. Gertrude Stein would take this phrase and use it to describe the people of the 1920 ’s who rejected American post World War I.

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    skimmed off and deposited in large ladlesful on that section of Paris adjacent to the Café Rotonde ’" ("Expatriates (1920s)"). In Hemingway ’s The Sun Also Rises‚ he credits Gertrude Stein with coining the term "The Lost Generation" by way of an epigraph to the novel ("Lost Generation"). While Stein was also an accomplished writer worthy of literary criticism‚ her Paris Salons and the influence she had on the writers of the time period prove far more interesting. "The assemblage of the era ’s most

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    Gatsby’s publication in 1925 put it at the forefront of literary work by a group which began to be called the Lost Generation. The group was so-called because of the existential questioning that began to occur in American literature for the first time after the war. Many critics argue that this Generation marked the first mature body of literature to come from the United States. The Lost Generation more specifically was a group of writers and artists who lived and worked in Paris or in other parts of

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    Zach Burkhart Caroline Duncan English 111 20 October‚ 2011 Compare and Contrast Journal The Lost Generation gives many insights on what the future can possibly hold for us. In this video‚ two different perspectives are given on the future of humanity. When the text is read top to bottom‚ stressful music and an undesirable tone of voice lead us to believe that humanity will be the cause of its own demise. However‚ when the text is reversed‚ a glimmer of hope from the tone of voice

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    Hemingway’s "In Our Time": Lost Generation "The times‚ they are a changing‚" famous words spoken by Bob Dylan‚ a king of his generation. "Lost generations‚" is an interesting phrase‚ but what kind of meaning should it hold? Ernest Hemingway’s In Our Time is a true representation of a "lost generation" for the simple reason that all generations are eventually lost as time goes by. Hemingway focuses on a generation he knows a great deal about- his own. It becomes apparent throughout the novel

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    Essay Lost Generation Thomas Mayo Per: 3 4/8/13 B The lost generation is considered to be the people of the nineteen twenties. In “The Great Gatsby there are many things that reflect the lost generation. An example from chapter one is when Daisy says it’s best for girls to be beautiful fools. An example from chapter two is when Mrs. Wilson gets the dog and leaves on the table in the smoke filled room. From chapter three an example is that Gatsby invites only a few people to his party

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    The Lost Generation in the Roaring Twenties The process of change can often be difficult and tumultuous. This is particularly true of monumental changes in generational trends. In looking at the young people of the 1920 ’s‚ for example‚ we see a “lostgeneration‚ which‚ despite breaking free from the strict moral codes of previous generations‚ had yet to find their own course to fulfillment and happiness. Responding to the hypocrisy of their parents‚ and greatly

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    any hope for the Lost Generation? Do the title of the novel and the seemingly hopeful epigraph indicate that the Lost Generation still have the possibility to regain any of the values they have lost during the WW1? The epigraph to “The Sun Also Rises” contains a quote from Gertrude Stein‚ saying: “You are all a lost generation”. This proclamation is juxtaposed with the passage from the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes: “One generation passeth away‚ and another generation cometh: but the earth

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    this paper I would like to take a closer look at Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road‚ in context of the Beat Generation‚ in comparison to Ernest Hemingway‚ the leader of the Lost Generation. This paper tries to show the differences and the agreements between the two literary streams and how it influenced the two particular authors. Therefore‚ the paper starts with a definition of the Lost Generation and Hemingway in particular‚ and then I will try to deal with different aspects of Jack Kerouac’s novel

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