"Under the Lion's Paw" as Propaganda

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This paper examines Hamlin Garland's short story, "Under the Lion's Paw." It looks at his background, and gives an overview of his upbringing, that influenced his writings, and demonstrates how he used his writings as a platform for his beliefs. It also looks at the history of the period in which this story was written, and how the characters mirror actual events.

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"Garland thought the American settlers, much like his character, Haskins, were forced to settle cheap or free land in undeveloped areas because speculators, like Butler, held such vast amounts of land at such high prices. Garland's sentiments were so strong because he had seen the poor farmer's plight first-hand on his family's farm in South Dakota. Broadening his views, he also argued that this monopolization of land was hard on city people, forcing "tenements, inflated rents, vice, crowding, and the dehumanization of laborers (who had to work like machines)" (qtd. "Single-Tax Land"). He reasoned that landlordship worked in the same manner in the city as it did in the country."

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