The central argument of this study is that American literature progressively shifts from exposing social hypocrisy to exploring psychological and historical trauma, revealing an expanding understanding of freedom—not only as physical liberation, but as moral, emotional, and cultural self-definition. While Twain critiques the moral contradictions of slavery and “civilized” society, Hemingway presents the individual’s struggle for dignity in a disillusioned modern world. Fitzgerald exposes the illusion and moral decay behind the American Dream, and Morrison ultimately confronts the enduring psychological legacy of slavery and racism. Together, these authors illustrate how American literature becomes increasingly concerned with internal conflict, memory, and inherited trauma.
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