The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

Locust Day, Locust Days at Nathanael West, Tod Hackett experienced in-house development related to his immigration. Architect Todd, who lives in Connecticut, moved to Hollywood to make the scenery of the movie. But once he moves, Tod becomes a non-artist who is not sleepy. His environment promotes these changes as all the characters in the novel are drawn in the same way. Tod has also become one of the ridiculous and disturbing grotesque, not humorous.

Locust Day, designed by Nathanael West, was built in Hollywood in the 1930s and followed the lives of a few people related to the film industry. Today, many critics think that this is the best novel of Hollywood 's ever history, but when it was released in 1939 it was hardly noticed by the general public. According to the introduction to reprinted novel by Richard B. Jeman in 1976, many critics at that time were considered to be "bad taste" of that novel. This novel combines the real characteristics of defective characters and the artificial and surreal atmosphere of the film industry. Tod Hackett who recently graduated from Yale University is an illustrator and set designer of a film company. He lives in the same apartment as Faye Greener, an ambitious and ambitious actress who is neither rich nor handsome.

Nathanael West's "Aphid Day" is the story of some people who came to California to find American dreams. They will stay away from incomplete living and travel to the West, hoping to succeed in Hollywood. The character of this novel dreams of a luxurious life, earn a lot of money, and living a better life. They finally noticed that the enchanting life of California representatives was not as easy as they could imagine. Characters have dissatisfaction and disappointment in their lives, I feel the pain of the world that caused the collapse of this low level Hollywood society.