Rabbit, Run Rabbit, Run by John Updike group rates for schools
and districts  Rabbit, Run Theme of Visions of America  Rabbit,
Run’s author, John Updike says that looking at 1950s America
through the eyes of his main character, Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
opened his eyes to the decade. The novel mostly focuses on
February, March, and June of 1959 (though the rest of the decade
is seen through memory), and on Brewer, Pennsylvania and its
suburb, Mt. Judge. The view can be breathtaking in terms of
natural beauty. The novel’s landscape is rich in mountains and
virgin forests and lush gardens. It can also be cramped and
suffocating when we find the characters where they live, and
where TV characters show them what the American Dream is
supposed to look like. Rabbit, Run’s vision of America asks us
to interrogate our own visions of America by exploring America
in 1959.  Questions About Visions of America    1. In what ways,
if any, are Rabbit, Run’s vision of America beautiful or ugly?
Does he like anything he sees? I