The Bright Young People in Evelyn Waugh’s Vile Bodies and Anthony Powell’s Afternoon Men
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 8
Abstract
This paper focuses on the meaningless, empty lives of the “Bright Young People” as depicted in Waugh‟s Vile Bodies and Powell‟s Afternoon Men. Both novels are vivid reflections of the purposeless, empty life of this generation between the two World Wars. The Bright Young People, in both novels drift from one place to another, wasting their energies in transient pursuits such as parties, gossip, drinking and motor races. Their lack of purpose and direction drives them to fill the vacuum of their life searching for fun, hysteria and excitement in their most extreme forms.
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Zad SABRI
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