Georg Simmel, Saul Bellow and “Looking for Mr. Green”

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This 3 page paper examines Saul Bellow’s short story “Looking for Mr. Green” through the lens of Georg Simmel’s sociological essay “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” and argues that because the residents of the city have been rendered blasé by the life they live there, Mr. Grebe’s mission to find Mr. Green is doomed before it starts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.