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Monster Essays - Ordinary People: Significance of The Title
Ordinary People: Significance of The Title
The significance of the title “Ordinary People” is that it is
ironic because there are not ordinary people in the book. It does not
correspond with the novel itself. As defined in Webster's Dictionary,
ordinary means usual, common, or normal. To most people, this is what they
think they are. However, in the book being unordinary is common for most
of the characters. The author of this book, Judith Guest, probably titled
this book “Ordinary People” to make readers ask themselves, “What is
ordinary? Am I ordinary?”
The title desc....
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