- - Friday, November 7, 2008 Norman Mailer's The Armies of the Night was a good read. It was written in the third person which can sometimes be annoying. It is like watching a show or movie and you see the character experience things and the camera is right at his back instead of seeing things through his eyes. He places himself right at the front of the situation which is where he was during the March on the Pentagon. According to The Greatest Literature of All Time "The book is subtitled somewhat pretentiously History as a Novel, The Novel as History, signalling this is a new art form. Or just another example of the "New Journalism" of the day giving itself airs." It was different from most historical/novel accounts because of the third person account and dialouge. It wasn't as boring as other historical text which just go on and on and dont really give the feelings of going through the situation. Works Cited The Greatest Literature Of All Time - The Armies of The Night http://www.editoreric.com/greatlit/books/Armies.html

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