is extremely sexually driven, he finds himself in the arms of Ruth, a prostitute that fulfills his need for an experienced cook and lover. Some of the scenes with Ruth are graphic and X- rated so I don't recommend this book to young children. Throughout the novel he possesses rabbit twitching and nervousness that causes others around him discomfort and pain. At the end of his quest, Harry does not find his higher purpose in life but ends up running aimlessly into the night. Even though Harry was quite depressing , I found this book very enjoyable because of Updike's detailed use of imagery and motifs. This is just the first of the Rabbit trilogy books by Updike, and this novel drives me to read the other Rabbit books just to see what happens to Harry next. This is a must read on my reading list, and I recommend this book to all high school students and adultsAs "Rabbit, Run" opens, it is the late 50s and Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom is eight years out of high school, where he was a basketball hero. He is in a marriage that is heading toward the rocks with much speed. After reading this novel you may not like Rabbit, but he will have led you on an emotional and spiritual journey that will leave you asking many questions -- questions about the book as well as questions about yourself. Rabbit has a limited intellectual and emotional range, so why would Updike expend his considerable talent in detailing the life of so common a person? For one thing, Rabbit's experience as an ordinary man is more typical than that of someone on the tails of the bell curve and this allows Updike better to capture the spirit of the times. There is perhaps no better author than Updike in capturing the zeitgeist, and "Rabbit, Run" showcases this ability, as the subsequent books in the Rabbit tetralogy illustrate to a! n even greater extent. Updike's inventive and flowing prose is well displayed here. Parts of the narrative are pure poetry. The dialog is brisk and gri...
