Critical Essay on "Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis

In the novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, a small town in the United States is described concerning a segmented society. The small town was named, Gopher Prairie, in Minnesota. As ambitious and outgoing as city people had become, Gopher Prairie was not changing at all. People were flocking from all over the world to come to the big cities of America. These people desperately wanted to take place in a new, more sophisticated society. Riches and beautiful places inspired these people to better themselves in many different ways. This happened suddenly and while small town people carried on their ordinary lives. …