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It features newspaperman doremus jessup struggling against the fascist regime of president berzelius buzz windrip, who resembles gerald b. The alarmist articles, tweets, and blog posts that have proliferated, especially since trump took office, cite books like 1984 which sold out on amazon after the inauguration and it cant happen here as examples of what we should expect to see happen during trumps administration. So i just finished it can t happen here by sinclair lewis and i was surprised that i haven t heard it brought up more during this election cycle in the us. This short summary and analysis of it cant happen here includes. He struggled with alcoholism and in 1951 he died in rome, italy. It cant happen here study guide by mmarsans18 includes 17 questions covering vocabulary, terms and more. Sinclair lewis it cant happen here hardcover book ebth. It cant happen here is a work of dystopian fantasy, one mans effort in the 1930s to imagine what it might look like if fascism came to america. At the moment, there seems less chance of the current equivalents of lewiss villains gaining dictatorial power in this country than there was a few years ago, because the economy has improved but the equivalents are. But this seems less likely to sustain his record after publication than his usual dependably human novels.
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