Rags to Riches to Suicide: Unhappy Narratives of Upward Mobility: Martin Eden, Bread Givers, Delia's Song, and Hunger of Memory.

WORKING class; MIDDLE class; HUNGER of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez (Book : Rodriguez); DELIA'S Song (Book); MARTIN Eden (Book)

Discusses the narratives written about the sense of loss regarding the genre of upward mobility from the working class into the middle class. Excerpt from 'Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez,' by Richard Rodriguez; Experiences of the protagonist in Lucha Corpi's novel 'Delia's Song'; Examination of the upward mobility genre through the autobiographical novel 'Martin Eden,' by Jack London; Structure of the novel 'Bread Givers,' by Anzia Yezierska.