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The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

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Author Biography

Name: Nathanael West
Birth Date: October 17, 1903
Death Date: December 22, 1940
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States
Place of Death: El Centro, California, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: novelist

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Biography of Nathanael West
1137 words, approx. 3.8 pages
The writer who was to become known as Nathanael West was born Nathan Weinstein in New York City; he was the first son of Russian-Jewish immigrants. His individuality early exhibited itself in his indifference toward school; his interest in the arts, book...
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Biography of Nathanael West
532 words, approx. 1.8 pages
The work of the American novelist Nathanael West (1903-1940) is strikingly original. It is characterized by its use of mythic themes in contemporary settings, terrifying symbolism, profound pessimism, and grisly humor. Nathanael West was born Nathan Wein...
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Biography of Nathanael West
6335 words, approx. 21.1 pages
All around him he saw hypocrisy, lack of communication, the failure of love to heal. He saw the garish, bizarre, erotic, and grotesque replacing the standard criteria for defining a work of art. The result, he believed, is chaos, a natural concomitant of...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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The Day of the Locust Information
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The Day of the Locust is a 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California during the Great Depression, depicting the alienation and desperation of a disparate group of individuals whose dreams of success have effectively...


News and Journals
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Heating/Piping/Air Conditioning Engineering : HPAC
Day of the Locusts
04/01/2004: 511 words, approx. 2 pages
The recent HPACEngineering article on the return of the cicada (locust) jogged my memory. In the fall of 1986, we were putting a new hotel in the Washington, D.C., area through its shakedown. The hotel booked about 40 percent of the rooms while...
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The Washington Post
Day Of the Locust
08/11/2003: 835 words, approx. 3 pages
Like the earth beneath it, social and political California erupts in all manner of ways. There are inner-city riots; Los Angeles was the only American city in the second half of the 20th century that was home to two of them. For the past...
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The New York Observer
Manhattan Weekend Box Office: Knocked Up Over Pirates of the Caribbean
6/4/2007: 361 words, approx. 1 pages
Knocked Up grossed twice as much as Pirates of the Caribbean in Manhattan this weekend, even though it was showing on four fewer screens. Of course, the success of the Judd Apatow comedy starring Fozzie Bear incarnate Seth Rosen and Grey’s Anatomy sexpot Katherine Heigel...
 


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Essay Grade: 86%
"Burning of Los Angeles"
904 words, approx. 3 pages
Examines the use of symbolism in The Day of the Locust, by Nathanael West. Provides a brief plot summary.


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