![]() At the same time, he writes from within the genre by maintaining the customary strong opposition between good and evil, between the “bad guys” and the “good guys,” and by fashioning a simple but compelling plot line. Knowing that the Western has often been the vehicle for the celebration of American individualism and morality, Doctorow purposely writes a fablelike novel in which he questions American faith in fairness and democracy. Even when his subject is not overtly political-as in his first novel, Welcome to Hard Times-he chooses the genre of the Western to comment upon the American sense of crime and justice. ![]() ![]() ![]() Doctorow’s (Janu– July 21, 2015) work is concerned with those stories, myths, public figures, and literary and historical forms that have shaped public and political consciousness. ![]()
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