![]() ![]() The character of Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt exemplifies human “free will” – people can do anything by sheer determination and the harder the task, the better. “The Alienist,” by Caleb Carr, follows the 1896 hunt for a serial killer through the enclaves of society and the Lower East Side hell of New York as the city is transforming from a local port into an international business center. A sense of Destiny resonates throughout both, as the characters acknowledge that change and human nature are life’s only constants. Both contrast the chasms between society’s elite and uneducated poor. ![]() Characters face an emerging modern world with attitudes formed in the old. Both novels bridge two ages, the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Caleb Carr’s “The Alienist,” and Mariano Azuela’s “The Underdogs” use historical fiction to illustrate different eras and cultures, but both express the idea that human nature is constant. The reader absorbs the feeling of the times, not just data. Dry names, dates and places are placed in an engaging story. Novels and History: The Alienist and The Underdogs Novels present history in ways text books cannot.Assignment 2 - Novels and History The Alienist & Underdogs ![]()
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