Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town · Question
How does Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town develop the theme of Ambition and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes?
Answer
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock develops Ambition and Get-Rich-Quick Schemes across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.
Characters like Jefferson Thorpe and the Whirlwind Campaign committee engage in speculative mining booms and fundraising drives, reflecting the universal human desire for sudden wealth and status, often with comic or deflating results.
Mr. Smith's secret plan to build a 'caff' as a way to circumvent the closure order reflects a clever, ambitious scheme to maintain his business.
Jeff Thorpe's speculative mining investments and the town's excitement over quick wealth.
Pupkin's father is a promoter who 'blew companies like bubbles,' reflecting get-rich-quick schemes of the era.
Evidence in the book
- The Hostelry of Mr. Smith
Mr. Smith's secret plan to build a 'caff' as a way to circumvent the closure order reflects a clever, ambitious scheme to maintain his business.
- The Speculations of Jefferson Thorpe
Jeff Thorpe's speculative mining investments and the town's excitement over quick wealth.
- VIII: The Foreordained Attachment of Zena Pepperleigh and Peter Pupkin
Pupkin's father is a promoter who 'blew companies like bubbles,' reflecting get-rich-quick schemes of the era.
