Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Defender of the Faith In Philip Roth’s, Defender of the Faith, there is a great intra personal struggle involving the story’s protagonist, Sergeant Nathan Marx. Throughout the story he is challenged in learning how to live as not only a sergeant, but also a Jewish man, and a human being. In facing difficult decisions, he realizes that these three identities are very difficult to distinguish. This conflict becomes the recurring theme of the story. The reader is able to see the trouble Marx has in confronting his faith, occupation, and humanity, and in doing this the reader’s attention is called too just how hard this truly is in life. The theme is greatly demonstrated in Marx relationship with the Jewish soldiers, Sheldon Grossbart, Larry Fishbein, and Michael Halpern. The three soldiers recognize Marx’s religion and immediately take advantage of it. They begin by asking Marx for permission to attend the services for Jews on Friday night, rather than participating in the G.I... Posted by: Ryan Wilkins Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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