Introduction to the Passage ●4. The theme The intellectuals of the twenties, the ' sad young men, 'cursed their luck but didn't die escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the Babbits but loved their country, and in so doing gave the nation the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing in literary experience.Introduction to the Passage ⚫ 4. The theme: ⚫ “ The intellectuals of the twenties, the ‘sad young men,’ cursed their luck but didn’t die; escaped but voluntarily returned; flayed the Babbits but loved their country, and in so doing gave the nation the liveliest, freshest, most stimulating writing in literary experience