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By Anonymous - September 18, 2008

In his two short stories "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" and "America! America!", Delmore Schwartz depicts two protagonists born in America to Jewish immigrant parents. These two protagonists and the world as it is seen through their eyes display one of the important characteristics of Schwartz's prose – alienation. His description of the Jewish…

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