My teacher told me to read a book written by a "substantial American author"? What the hell is that? Does Dan Brown qualify?
2006-08-29 07:09:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The book has to be written in the last ten years.
2006-08-29 07:24:12 · update #1
yes and a successful one at that!
2006-08-29 07:12:05 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If this assignment is for an English class, I would doubt that Dan Brown would qualify. Try something by Nathaniel Hawthorne or Edgar Allan Poe. They certainly qualify as substantial American authors.
2006-08-29 14:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by rockdahouse85 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would say that he is a well known author, and probably a reasonably respected one, BUT he is probably not what your teacher meant. more than likely, your teacher wants you to read someone like Mark Twain or F. Scott Fitzgerald. more classics and less modern .... there are some great stories out there. gl!
some other good choices would be Ernest Hemmingway, James Fennimore Cooper (last of the mohicans, i think), Emily Dickinson, Herman Melville (moby dick), or Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hope these ideas help!
2006-08-29 14:13:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Last ten years you say? I think your teacher would find Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Toni Morrison, or Chuck Palahniuk acceptable.
2006-08-29 14:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by soymilk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he has one book that's well known, Stephan King in the last ten years, Grisham too.
2006-08-29 14:14:28 · answer #5 · answered by jwings19 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so.
Mark Twain seems more like what you need.
2006-08-29 14:12:31 · answer #6 · answered by bgii_2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋