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her life, a reflection of self-centered capitalism, is in fact a waste. Eveline admits, "You know it does seem too silly to spend your life filling up rooms with illassorted people who really hate each other" (1530). This moment is of significance; throughout the story Eveline and Mary have had almost identical experiences. Both women have lost the loves of their lives, but it is Mary, the determined socialist, who puts the needs of others before her own. Mary is able to continue on with what is important to her rather than escaping the harsh realities of life by means of suicide. Dos Passos has constructed a shallow illusion of what the rich are like.
The socialist attitudes of Dos Passos solidify as the events in the story unravel. Socialist attitudes are present when Mary and her parents meet for lunch. Mary French, the socialist worker, is raising money for the less fortunate mine workers. Her parents on the other hand, " Had both made big killings on the ...

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to himself, "Nothing was going to spoil his trip. If Gordon was going to be depressing, then he'd have to see less of Gordon" (28).
The character of Edith Bradin expresses another clear example of Fitzgerald's attitude toward the rich. She is described in the following passage as a materialistic debutante infatuated with her own beauty. "She dropped her arms to her side until they were faintly touching the sleek sheath that covered and suggested her figure. She had never felt her own softness so much nor so enjoyed the whiteness of her own arms" (44).
Fitzgerald further exemplifies his attitudes of the rich as all the characters end up at Childs' for breakfast the morning after ...

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