21st Century: Query 140 (Alan Sillitoe)
“Whatever
people say I am, that’s what I’m not.”
~ Alan Sillitoe was an English writer and one of the so-called “angry
young men” of the 1950’s. He disliked the label, as did most of the
other writers to whom it was applied. He is best known for his debut novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
and his early short story collection The Loneliness of the Long
Distance Runner, both of which were adapted into films.
What does
Sillitoe mean by his assertion?
As this statement might pertain to your own life,
would you agree or disagree? Why or why not?