Overview the wasteland - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

This is a complete summary of The Wasteland by Eliot. After reading, you will fully understand the meaning of the work with all major themes. You will be able to discuss the book without any problem including all characters.

Main Idea corruption of the American Dream & money Plot Overview Nick Carraway, a young man from Minnesota, moves to New York in the summer of 1922 to learn about the bond business. He rents a house in the West Egg district of Long Island, a wealthy but unfashionable area populated by the new rich, a group who have made their fortunes too recently to have established social connections and who are prone to garish displays of wealth. Nick's next-door neighbor in West Egg is a mysterious...