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Comparison of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth and Toni Morrison's Jazz in Identity Formation of the Characters Through Dependence on Others for Money and Love
Title: Comparison of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth and Toni Morrison's Jazz in Identity Formation of the Characters Through Dependence on Others for Money and Love
Category: Literature / English
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Comparison of Edith Wharton's House of Mirth and Toni Morrison's Jazz in Identity Formation of the Characters Through Dependence on Others for Money and Love
Discovering One's Identity: Love and Money in New York City
<Tab/>"With some people, solitariness is an escape not from others, but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves." The quote by Eric Hoffer reminds me of Toni Morrison's Jazz and Edith Wharton's House of Mirth in that the main characters of the novels encountered pivotal crises where their sense of identity was …showed first 75 words of 2036 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2036 total…with clothing, or the way he looks. When referring to the stains on his clothing, one cannot help but parallel Golden Gray to Acton when Dorcas was dying and his first response was to shriek at the ruining of his clothes. Golden Gray serves to be a counterpoint to Selden's character, rooted in internal satisfaction, and more aptly parallels Lily in her quest to attain a status that truly does not represent her true self.
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