Pap Finn's rants highlight the common American sentiment of frustration towards government, resonating even today as some express a desire to leave the country in protest.
Expatriation can be seen as both a flight from dissatisfaction and a pursuit of new experiences. It intertwines leaving home with the search for identity in foreign cultures.
Like Pap's voice in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, my character Allie Fox in The Mosquito Coast echoed sentiments of decline, seeking prosperity abroad but failing to escape his American roots.
My novels, from The Mosquito Coast to The Lower River, illustrate how the quest for a better life overseas often exposes the stubbornness and complexities of American identity.
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