Society defines world-class fiction as creating a particular setting and characters through which the author explores deep levels of human reality or experience. I believe that Nevil Shute’s novel, On the Beach, is world-class fiction, for these reasons: the novel explores the human reality of family life; the novel shows the reality of a new couple’s relationship; and the novel lets one man experience his dream. First, Shute explores the human reality of …showed first 75 words of 598 total…

…showed last 75 words of 598 total…man, like John Osborne, can experience his extravagant dreams. On the Beach shows us many different ways of considering other levels of human reality. Shute used a family and a new couple’s relationship to show the different levels of human reality. He also let readers see how one man could experience his dream. Shute used these characters to explore deep levels of human reality or experience. Nevil Shute is definitely a world-class fiction writer.