The Pit: A Story of Chicago - Frank Norris
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Norris described The Pit as a fictitious narrative of a "deal" in
the Chicago wheat pit, which is the nickname of the trading floor
of the Chicago Board of Trade, where commodities are traded like
stocks and bonds. One man tries to corner the market on wheat to
make a fortune. More than a business story, the novel deals with
love and the lack of love in a relationship, selfishness, power,
greed, the financial power of men and lack of their power to
control events that are shaped by nature. Quote:“Think of it, the
food of hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people just at the
mercy of a few men down there on the Board of Trade. They make the
price. They say just how much the peasant shall pay for his loaf of
bread. If he can’t pay the price, he simply starves.”These poor
people’s lives are completely out of their hands. In contrast,
Norris suggests that ultimately the men down in the Pit don’t have
power over them either, nor over their own lives, because above
all, nature rules.
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