The Man In The Grey Flannel Suit Analysis

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was prevalent in the media. In Sloan Wilson’s novel “The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit”, Tom and Betsy Rath are a middle-class couple struggling to find satisfaction in their lives, and while this novel is a work of fiction, it is also realistic in the sense that it draws from Wilson’s own experiences in life after World War II. The novel can also, as seen in the title, be applied to any man working at a business, as a gray flannel suit is typically worn by any of those people. Betsy Rath was a stay-at-home mother after the war ended, so in this manner she was similar to the women depicted in media, like Lucy. However, in many other ways she quite different. Betsy was not as incompetent as Lucy and did not spend the family’s money frivolously