[UA] Alex Abel's Godwalker Status

Rachel Young statichowl at gmail.com
Fri Jul 7 00:45:18 PDT 2006


On 7/7/06, David Tormsen <tormsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> True, but the rags-to-riches hero from Alger's novels is a motif
> common to most modern capitalist societies.  The idea is almost
> universal in the modern world, but it just doesn't have a name as
> easily accessable as "The Mother" or "The Masterless Man".

Wouldn't that be "The Self Made Man"?

-- 
Rachel Young


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