John Dos Passos (1896–1970) is one of the greatest writers in the United States. Original literary experiments, a unique creative style, and the search for new novel forms earned him fame as an experimental artist, and the novels he created made Dos Passos a lifetime classic of American literature. “Three Soldiers” brought Dos Passos his first fame. His heroes were a musician, a farmer and a lens salesman - people from different social strata, with different views and concepts, living in different parts of the country and united by the terrible everyday life of the army. Each of them, in one way or another, rebelled against their destiny, against violent death, lawlessness and humiliation, against the suppression of individual will by a powerful army machine. An entire generation suffered through them. The tragic “I” that sounded from the pages of the books of Dos Passos’ contemporaries turned into a tragic “we” for the writer.