“The day of the locust” by nathanial west

The film industry negatively affects the lives of the central figures in “The day of the locust”. And of course the class of people who “come to

california to die” despair when they realize that living in hollywood is not living in the movies. explore the disillusionment experienced by some of

the novels characters. what do their lives lack? Why does the american dream fail them? (or do they fail the american dream?)