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Study Guide: The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair (SuperSummary)
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SuperSummary, a modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, offers high-quality instructional study guides for challenging works of literature. This audio study guide for The Flivver King by Upton Sinclair includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the book’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as the capitalist system benefiting the few at the expense of the many. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.
Sinclair’s modern historical novel, Flivver King, tells two intertwined stories: that of industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947) and that of a fictional Ford Motor Company employee, Abner Shutt, and his family. Along the way, the initially idealistic Ford grows increasingly hardened and callous. Once happy to speak to his workers individually, he increasingly regards them only as human capital, not as human beings.
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