Essays on A Visit from the Goon Squad

In Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad, there are a few characters who each, chronologically at first, shared a strong bond with one other character; Lou and Rolph were very close as father and son, Jocelyn and Lou were lovers who often had passionate sex, Scotty and Bennie were good friends during their time in a rock band, and Bennie and Stephanie were a married couple who supported each other well. After time had passed, these relationships, which…

American popular culture has become obsessed with youth and the entertainment industry is consumed with looking for fresh, new faces to star in the latest movies, songs, and shows. In her novel A Visit from the Goon Squad, Jennifer Egan shows how life does not lose value after one ages, that it is not only the young who can be successful and make something of themselves. Egan highlights the downfalls on the fixation of youth through her characters Kitty Jackson…