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This isn’t an endorsement of violence. It’s existential metaphor: the old self must die for the new self to emerge. That’s the price of freedom. | This isn’t an endorsement of violence. It’s existential metaphor: the old self must die for the new self to emerge. That’s the price of freedom. | ||
Mailer once said he couldn’t reach people like Hemingway. But his novel An American Dream proves otherwise. He takes Hemingway’s existential vision and reshapes it for a new age—one of media, masks, and moral chaos. | |||
By Hemingway’s own standards, Mailer succeeds. He uses the tools of the past to create something personal, painful, and new. In doing so, he earns the title of “great artist” and becomes a guide for his own lost generation. | |||