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Manhattan Transfer By John Passos

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John Dos Passos’ novel, Manhattan Transfer, represents the complex, speedy urban experience of life in New York. The plot is made up of overlapping narratives of several characters, similar to the transfer stations of the New York subway system. The novel is in a pessimistic viewpoint of a declining New York City and takes place during the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age. Even though the novel is not mainly about the Great War, the novel describes the perspective of the people before and after the war. In the beginning of World War I, people were enthusiastic about the war. The end of the war demonstrates the disenchantment of the people with the aftermath of the war. The novel portrays how war affects society and the people. For example, Dutch
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