Part 1 of Essay
Theodore Drieser constructed a character like no other in the book, . Clyde Griffiths started off as a young man with no real problems, except for the fact that his family was strictly religious and poor. I say “no real problems” because during the course of the novel, this boy spirals down in life. One event after the ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... from work and even drinks a little, which has taught to be forbidden in his family. Clyde gets to know girls, which ends up being his major problem in the end. Soon Clyde falls in love with Hortense Briggs. She is a beautiful, yet conniving woman. She plays with Clyde’s heart and mind, which I believe really confused him about women and how to go about treating one. This is the first girl that he ever thought he loved, and she took him for all that he had. Clyde became a social butterfly, going to dinner, d ....