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Homer Simpson Meets Frankenstein: Cinematic Influence in Nathanael West's the Day of the Locust
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In The Day of the Locust, Nathanael West adopts a cinematic motif to enhance his criticism of the culture that developed around the Hollywood film industry. West invokes images suggestive of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein to comment on the indistinct boundaries between cinematic illusion and Hollywood life. West's most obvious use of Whale's Frankenstein motif is in his development of Homer Simpson, but he also draws on incongruous elements of the film that parallel the Hollywood he observes. In commenting on the Hollywood community and employing a motif in his novel, West offers more than simple criticism of the superficial aspects of Hollywood culture: he reveals the social …
