thesadyoungmen习题答案

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1、TheSadYoungMen习题答案/answerⅡ.　1.Theyoungergenerationofthe1920swerethoughttobewildbecause1heyvisitedspeakeasies,denoucedPuritanmorality,etc.(Seepara.1).　2."Yes"and"noYes"becausethebusinessofgrowingupisalwaysaccompaniedbyaYoungerGenerationProblem,"no"becausealltheiractionscannowbeseeninperspecti

2、veasbeingsomethingconsiderablylesssensationalthanthedegenerationofjazzmadyouth.　3.Yes.Youthwasfacedwiththechallengeofchangingthestandardsofsocialbehavior,ofrejectingVictoriangentility.ButinAmericatheyoungpeopletriedtoescapetheirresponsibilitiesandretreatbehindandairofnaughtyalco-holicsophist

3、icationandaposeofBohemianimmorality.　4.Therevoltwaslogicalandinevitablebecauseoftheconditionsintheage.Firstofall,therebellionaffectedtheentireWesternworld.Second,peopleintheUnitedStatesrealizedtheircountrywasnolongerisolatedineitherpoliticsortraditionandthattheycouldnolongertakerefugeinisola

4、tionism.　5.Alltheactivitiesmentionedaboveweremeanstohelptheyoungpeopletoescapetheirmoreseriousresponsibilitiesofchangingsocietyandmostyoungpeoplewentinfortheseactivities.Itbecameageneralpatternofbehavior.6.Thewarwhippeduptheirenergiesbutdestroyedtheirnaivette.Itmadethemcynical.Theycouldnotfi

5、tthemselvesintopostwarsocietysotheyrebelledandtriedtooverthrowcompletelythegentelstandardsofbehavior.　7.Intellectualsandnon-intellectualsbegantoimitatethepatternoflifesetbythoselivinginGreenwichVillage.ThesepeoplelivedaBohemianandeccentriclife.Theydefiedthelawandfloutedallsocialconventions.T

6、heyattackedthewar,Babbittry,and"Puritanical"gentility.　8.TheseyoungintellectualswantedAmericatobecomemoresensitivetoartandculture,lessavidformaterialgain,andlesssusceptibletostandardization.　9.TheyemigratedtoEuropebecausethere"theydothingsbetter"thanintheUnitedStateswherepeopleonlycareformon

7、eyandwealth.OnlyinEuropewilltheybeabletofindremedyfortheirsensitiveminds.　10.Theywerecalledthe"lostgeneration"byGertrudeSteinbecausetheyweretroubledandworriedandhademigratedtoEurope.ButtheywereneverreallylostfortheyfinallyreturnedtoAmericaandproduc