How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
Tod knew the game the child was playing [...] If Homer reached to pick up the purse, thinking there was money in it, he would yank it away and scream with laughter. (27.42)
This, we think, is the perfect metaphor for ambition in The Day of Locust: as soon as you reach the prize you've been working toward, it's abruptly stolen away from you. After all, do we meet any character who actually realizes his or her ambitions? Claude might fit the bill, sure, but he seems pretty discontent about his life as a producer.