Expounds the key features of the 'good citizen' as expressed by eight literary characters: Hans Castorp (Thomas Mann's """"The Magic Mountain""""), Joseph K (Franz Kafka's """"The Trial""""), John the Savage (Aldous Huxley's """"Brave New World""""), Winston Smith (George Orwell's """"1984""""), and Ralph (William Golding's """"Lord of the Flies"""").