The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

So I haven't finished the book; I have to say, though, that it reminds me a lot of Revolutionary Road. I'm actually writing my paper on that; it was a book first. The plots are similar, although Revolutionary Road does not have as much emphasis on the war. So I actually wondered if that was an adaptation of -- or at least inspired by -- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit. I can't remember for sure if I ever saw the 2 connected in the press.

I felt like, even though Mad Men actually had a similar plot to The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, it had a different tone. It didn't seem quite as depressing, and there were humorous points where we laughed. I'm not sure if that's just because it's TV or not -- the whole change of form thing we've been studying. I did think that the ambiguity about Don Draper's marriage in the 1st episode we watched was a good twist; I didn't think he was married throughout the show, but I did wonder about it. And then at the end, we find out that he was.