Interspaced In The Big Money

By analyzing the biographies interspaced in the novel, The Big Money, the reader analyzes the main character's personalities, and further notices distinguishable features, whether they are pure or evil. By reading a short biography of one character, interspaced in the reading of a larger story, the reader further understands, by comparing and contrasting the features and ideals of the two individuals, the main characters in John Dos Passos' novel The Big Money. Charley Anderson, a decorated fighter pilot, goes into business designing, inventing, and creating new components for the aviation industry. Anderson excels greatly in this field, and is recruited by rivaling companies. This recruitment drives Charley to believe he is the greatest in designer in the industry, but, instead of continuing to contribute to the aviation industry, he is taken over by the American dream of becoming number one. Charley begins associating with ruthless, greedy people, who care for nothing but money. Anderson is consumed by a materialistic lust for money and power, and a hatred of the labor of production necessary to create his designs. He believes that because he invents the designs, he should not have to labor in any way in manufacturing them. Charley begins the story with no firm
She makes her way into economic security by sleeping with men who, she feels, can help her gain a certain amount of wealth. She finds herself with Charles Anderson, just in time for her to obtain control of a small stock portfolio and a portion of his inheritance, which she uses to travel west, to the land of moving pictures. Once there she continues to use her sexuality to climb her way to the top of a ladder that she believes will bring her happiness, but near the end of the novel the films are beginning to incorporate sound, which will ruin her stardom due to her harsh