Every nation, every religion has its own God. Countless gods came to the United States with their tribes and became American gods.
Most of the world's famous religions believe in the main gods, whose stories are also familiar, these religious cultures are an important part of the world's culture, and the myths and legends of Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Hinduism are also fascinating. Similar to religion, each people also had its own gods, such as the Greek gods Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Athena, Apollo, and the ancient Roman gods such as Jupiter. The Han people believe in many gods and immortals, and the so-called gods have three feet above their heads.
These gods migrate with the migration of their own clan and are part of the clan. So, when people all over the world, active or passive, came to the United States to chase their American dreams, countless gods came to the United States with their own tribes. "American Gods" tells the story of these gods from all over the world, as well as the gods of native American Indians, and with the development of science and technology, economic and cultural development, the gods of the United States such as the gods of high technology, the gods of media, and the gods of cars.
The gods mingled in the crowd, perhaps a Muslim taxi driver in New York, or a bartender, and the place where they gathered might be a bland to boring playground. When called, they will come in an instant.
Just as mortals have joys and sorrows, the gods have all kinds of troubles. Similar to the current traditional industry being squeezed by the Internet industry, the traditional American gods are also squeezed by the new American gods; When people begin to believe in new gods, they no longer regularly sacrifice the old gods. These led to various conflicts between the gods.
The American Gods, written by the Englishman Neil Gaiman, won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award in 2002, and the Bram Stoker Award in 2001. "American Gods" has been made into an American drama.
The novel is based on the protagonist "Shadow". Shadow is unjustly imprisoned, and when he finally gets out of prison, he learns that his wife died, and when he goes to his wife's funeral, he learns that his wife's death is due to cheating. The shadows under these continuous blows are very much like the rich young master in "Alive", in fact, the shadow is really a young master who is like a fake exchange, and his father is the driving force behind all conflicts, a god. Forced to accept reality and work for others, he hid in a small town by the lake, flying from time to time to participate in God's activities.
This is a novel with a strong story, and there is no shortage of elements that a wonderful novel should have. Another wonderful thing about this novel is its almost white-depicted characterization.
Salim is a salesman who sells various low-quality attraction souvenirs to relatives in New York. When he was ignored for a whole day at a company front desk, depressed, he met fellow countryman Fahad in the pouring rain, a taxi driver who wore plastic glasses to cover his angry eyes. The dilemma of being a stranger in a foreign land made them linger in their hotel rooms in Salim for a night. When Sarim got up at noon the next day, the front desk told him that Salim had checked out and left, and asked him to leave quickly. So Salim put on his plastic glasses, picked up Farhad's driver's license and went downstairs to find his own taxi. A simple story of identity swapping, a story of a god becoming a man and a man becoming a god.
After all the conflicts, Shadow travels to Iceland and meets the mastermind behind everything. It was a return to a calm ending.
The stem of this book that is not picked from beginning to end is whether the shadow is Jesus. The author does not point it out throughout the book, but the book talks about the spear that stabbed the ribs, hung somewhere for 9 days, and his father is famous, all of which hint at the identity of the shadow. But even in the ten-year revised edition of the book, the author still circles around and is reluctant to pick it out. Perhaps the influence of Jesus in the United States was too great to influence the author's creation.
The depiction and storytelling of religion in American Gods can be compared to Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.
One of the gods