一战后,美国社会普遍的理想破灭,传统的价值观念和行为规范被摧毁,一系列的社会矛盾接踵而来。对金钱的狂热追求是当时社会最显著的特征,对物质占有的多少成为衡量个人幸福、人际关系的唯一标准。在这种物欲横流的世界中,人们渐渐丧失了传统的价值观念,失去 After World War I, the general ideals in American society were shattered, traditional values ​​and codes of conduct were destroyed, and a series of social contradictions came one after another. The fanatical pursuit of money was the most prominent feature of society at that time, and the only measure of how much material possession was to measure personal happiness and interpersonal relationships. In this materialistic world, people gradually lose their traditional values ​​and lose themselves