Underlying Themes in the Works of James A Michener
James A. Michener is often regarded as a literary outsider. Despite his vast works that have sold millions of copies and delighted readers everywhere, his blunt approach to literature has brought him much criticism. Despite his lack of many literary vehicles to convey his ideas, his works do contain several universal and underlying themes. These themes can often be applied to our lives and thought processes to benefit us for the better. One of Michener’s most apparent and perennial underlying themes is on the issue of race. As literary critic Pearl K. Bell has said, “He [Michener] tries to improve their [the readers] hearts by exposing the torment and destruction caused by racial intolerance” (Stine and Marowski, ed. 29: 314). Michener himself has said that one of his major themes has been man as a brother to all other men (The World is My Home, 507). In This Noble Land: My Vision for America, Michener says, “No aspect of our society causes me greater apprehension than the lamentable state of our race relations” (49). Indeed, Michener has seen racial tensions as a great trouble in our society, and has written his works to deal with such. The theme of race first comes up in Michener’s debut novel, Tales of the S
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Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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