What was the principal reason for the common themes of despair in the works of "lost generation" writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway?
A. nativist politics and the general mood of racism in northern cities
B. the strength of big business and the rise of a consumerist culture
C. the secularization of governments and the rise of modernist religions
D. the abandonment of simple rural values and the traditional way of life
Answer: B
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