`` The Virgin Suicides `` The Failure Of Suburbia Life...

The American Dream is a dream many people within the United States wish to fulfill someday. The American Dream is known to be accomplished throughout the suburb areas where there is a low crime rate. Many families move to the suburbs in order to be able to give their families better lives and their children a better environment with a positive influence. Although, the outcome varies, people still believe the suburbs is where the American Dream has a high chance of being accomplished and choose to relocate there. The novel, The Virgin Suicides shows the failure of suburbia life by using characterization seen through the characters of the Lisbon girls and the group of boys, and the use of symbolism through the decadence of the†¦show more content†¦The boys think the Lisbon girls will be quiet and the car ride will be awkward. The boys are in shock by the girls’ personalities when they are out of their home, Eugenides reveals the talkative girls by stating, â€Å"Some how, too, they’d kept up on dating etiquette, through television or observation at school, so that they knew how to keep the conversation flowing or fill awkward silences† (120). During the car ride the Lisbon girls end up being very social and not what they expect. The boys seem amused by how up to date the girls are with society. The suburbia life fails the Lisbon girls by giving them a life with double standards that they cannot live by. Likewise, the suburbia life also affects the group of boys as they are growing up when they realize that the ways they spend their days is not appropriate for them. Ever since the boys’ teen years they all spend their days chasing dreams and memories of them with the Lisbon girls. Sometimes they imagine being with the girls and smelling their scent close to them. Eugenides reveals an odd secret all of the boys share by stating, â€Å"... despite discrepancies of time and space, it was Lux’s lips we tasted, not Clabaul t’s† (146). Woody Clabault’s sister has the same lipstick as Lux, so one day the boys decide it is a good idea for Woody to put the lipstick on and go around the group and kiss each one in order for them to feel like Lux has lay a kiss upon their lips. After the kiss the boys state that they did