The_Great_American_Author

The Great American Author The Great American Author The word “American” has a definition that can almost never be found twice. Part of the reason behind this is because the American can hardly define himself. Is he a person born on the soil of this nation, or is he a person who resides here regardless of his birth place' Is an American someone who believes that freedom is a right, or is it someone who thinks freedom is a privilege' These definitions, and many others, are the thoughts of Americans and non- Americans alike. The great writers of America can be confined by literary boundaries. He does not have to be a poet or even a novelist. He does not even have to be a he for that matter. The great American writers do not have meet at a common ground about what America is or what it is supposed to be. In this paper the reader will be given several examples of how two different American writers go about defining this country and its people, whether they try to or not. To some people, being American is a state of mind. Many would argue that any thoughts of freedom and democracy are American no matter american, america, twain, reader, about, great, douglass, huck, country, freedom, british, story, people, out, never, name, huckleberry, americans, time, state, hold, even, character, writers, world, way, very, upon, thoughts, thought, things, take, slave, seems, one