does anyone know a good book in american literature that has the theme: "celebration of the common man"?
2007-01-27 16:16:50 · 7 answers · asked by nessy 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Any of Ayn Rand's books, Anthem, The Fountainhead, ect
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
Catcher in the Rye by JS Salinger
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Bible is good but it isn't American Literature
2007-01-27 16:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Ben B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the overlooked works of Mark Twain - 'Roughing It' (1872) is a good account in American literature of the "common man".
2007-01-27 22:40:15 · answer #2 · answered by WMD 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck. Good reading!
Find it at Amazon.com
"Travels with Charley" is a fairly literal account of a journey John Steinbeck took in the Fall and Winter of 1960 with his dog, Charley. Starting in his home in Long Island, New York, he drove to Maine in the far north-east of America, then west along the northen border, down the Pacific coast and then back home through Texas and the Deep South.
It tells about all of the people he met in his travels.
2007-01-27 16:23:56 · answer #3 · answered by anmlprht 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up Thomas Payne, Patrick Henry (especially), and/or Ben Franklin.
You got some other good answers too ... like John Steinbeck ... and I would add " The Old man and the Sea " by Hemingway.
You choose;
Jonnie
2007-01-27 16:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by Jonnie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something Happened by Joseph Heller
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
2007-01-28 02:46:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible...the common man starts as nothing more than dirt and then receives the promise to become a member of the family of God.
True...not American Literature...but hey there is the American standard version
2007-01-27 16:21:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
"How to make love like a Porn Star", by Jenna Jameson.
2007-01-27 16:21:20 · answer #7 · answered by Transgénico 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋