Question

What similarities, if any, do you see between grosz and dos passos in their portray of the human animal? are they generally positive or negative portrayals? explain?

Answer 1

Both Grosz and Dos Passos were looking to animals for their understanding of humans.
Elizabeth Grosz is famous for her theory "Art and the animal" where she explains that  we humans take our cue from the animal world.
The American novelist Dos Passos, also believes that the natural world and human civilization are essentially disparate. Their portrayals are generally positive.