Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Appreciate the works of Edith Wharton
  • Develop an understanding of the meaning of the concept the American Dream through literature
  • Connect textual evidence in The Age of Innocence to represent the idea of the American Dream
  • Create an explanation of the theme in Wharton's work
  • ACoS: 1, 8, 9, 20, 20b, 22, 28

Introduction

The exploration of the American Dream hasn't stopped even today. In Edith Wharton's 1921 Pulitzer Prize novel The Age of Innocence, her characters are searching for their dreams. To each person, the American Dream differs. What is your American Dream?

 

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“If only we’d stop trying to be happy we’d have a pretty good time.”

—Edith Wharton

 

 

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