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1、AnalysisontheSimilaritiesandDifferencesofTwoGiantsoftheLostGenerationIIntroductionTheearlydecadesofthe20thcenturyisaperiodofunparallelledsignificanceinthehistoryofAmerica.Thewholecountryhasgonethroughtwoworldwarsandthegreatestandthemostinfluentialeconomicdepression,whic

2、hhasthrownprofoundeffectuponthecountryinvariousaspects.EspeciallytheWorldWarⅠnotonlydestroysthetraditionalvalueofAmericansociety,butalsocreatesagroupofyoungwriterswhoarecalled"theLostGeneration".MostofthemsharetheresemblancessuchastheyhaveonceinvolvedintheWorldWarⅠandha

3、sbeendepressedbythemeaninglessfighting;theygraduallyrealizethetruthofthewarandbecometiredofit,andthisleadstotheirpessimisticemotions;someofthemforeseethedoomoftheeconomicboomingduringthe"roaring20s",thusrevealthedisillusionmentoftheAmericanDream.Thesamenessoftheirworkis

4、toreflectthelostfeelingandemotioninthepostwarsocietyofAmerica.Amongthem,twofiguresstandoutastherepresentativesfortheLostGeneration,EarnestHemingwayandFScottFitzgerald.Theterm"LostGeneration"ispopularizedbyErnestHemingwaywhousesitasoneoftwocontrastingepigraphsforhisnovel

5、,TheSunAlsoRises.InthatvolumeHemingwaycreditsthephrasetoGertrudeStein,whoisthenhismentorandpatron.InAMoveableFeast,firstpublishedin1964,theoriginofthistermisexplicated:ItwaswhenwehadcomebackfromCanadaandwerelivingintherueNotre-Damedes-ChampsandMissSteinandIwerestillgood

6、friendsthatMissSteinmadetheremarkaboutthelostgeneration.ShehadsomeignitiontroublewiththeoldModelTFordshethendroveandtheyoungmanwhoworkedinthegarageandhadservedinthelastyearofthewarhadnotbeenadept,orperhapshadnotbrokenthepriorityofothervehicles,inrepairingMissStein'sFord

7、.AnywayhehadnotbeenserieuxandhadbeencorrectedseverelybythepatronofthegarageafterMissStein's17protest.Thepatronhadsaidtohim,"Youareallagenerationperdue.""That'swhatyouare.That'swhatyouallare,"MissSteinsaid."Allofyouyoungpeoplewhoservedinthewar.Youarealostgeneration.""Rea

8、lly?"Isaid."Youare,"sheinsisted."Youhavenorespectforanything.Youdrinkyourselvestodeath...""Wastheyoungmechanic