He is experiencing American culture and sharing all of its mysteries, quirks and diversity as he experiences them.ĭamien Cave and Todd Heisler, two New York Times journalists, took a similar journey. Here we can see that Gaiman is distinctly writing about the places he has explored. I did my best not to write about any place I had not been" (X). I drove from Minneapolis to Florida by back roads, following routes I thought Shadow would take in his book. And I kept traveling, and I kept writing. "I wrote the first chapter on a train journey from Chicago to San Diego. In reading Gaiman's An Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition (2011), I got the sense that his travels were an exploration of American culture. He was getting a first hand experience of America. During the writing of this novel, he took a cross-country journey visiting many of the places that he writes about. Gaiman is from the UK, though he has been living here for several years.
Not originally." Alternatively, according to the American government, you are American if you were born in the United States or obtain legal citizenship.
Can you be American if you arrive on a boat with a Green card? Must you be born in America? According to one of the protagonists of this novel, Wednesday, "Nobody's American. One question that Gaiman touches on in this novel that intrigues me is: What does it mean to be American? This is a question everyone in America might have been asked at least once. It often stumps us, as we are not really sure how to answer. Gaiman's novel American Gods examines what it means to be American by looking at the cultural legacy of America through its mythical origins and how traditional values have evolved into contemporary ideals. As people migrated to America from all corners of the Earth, they carried their stories and myths with them. The legends and religions of the immigrants are represented here in the form of ancient Gods and Goddesses.
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