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This 5 page paper focusses on The American but also provides many examples from The House of Mirth. How women were used almost as possessions in the era is duly noted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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parts is really more of a business decision. They think the other would be good for them. This is not a love at first sight thing, but rather the marriage
would be one of convenience. In many ways, although one could argue that underneath there may be love, women are viewed as objects in the novel entitled The American. Of
course, at the time, it was not unusual for women to be exchanged almost as objects as alliances through marriage are formed. Many would think that such a thing is
antiquated. How can families do this? One only has to look at modern times to see that rich people marry other rich people. When Paris Hilton was briefly engaged to
her namesake for a brief time, it turns out that his family had more money than hers. It is unthinkable for someone with such a background to marry someone outside
of the upper class community. An example also comes from the television series Gilmore Girls. While Lorelei is engaged to a common man, who owns a business and does well
by most standards, she comes from a very wealthy family. Her mother plots to form alliances with other rich people by trying to push her towards men who come from
these rich families. There is a sense that like marries like and that the money must be kept within the family. Although mail order brides is a phenomenon where money
is exchanged for beauty, by and large and in this book, it seems that money can be aligned with other money. That said, beauty does take center stage when it
comes to women. It should also be noted that The American adds another dimension to such situations. Newman is an American capitalist. He is not perhaps in the same class
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