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Essay / The Fixer by Bernard Malamud - 1334
An intriguing journey from illusion to reality in The Fixer by MalamudThe twenty-first century is destined for revolutions. Revolution in a broader spectrum, in all fields of science, economics, technology, management, engineering, archeology and more specifically and poignantly in literature. The 21st century is a time of revolution and counter-revolution. It revolves around the idea that ideas rule the world. Man's intelligence plays a vital role in all areas, but at the same time it drags the entire universe into a terrible situation. It has also created unnecessary hatred, callous cruelty and senseless violence and is practiced vulnerably by human beings to impose the same upon themselves. This article expounds the realization of humanity through the sanctification of suffering. In today's world, every man's life is full of suffering. The world we live in is filled with existential anxieties and traumas. It offers crippled hope to human beings, but man has to struggle with his sufferings to achieve a miniature amount of happiness and sufferings that shape us to be good human beings. The role of conversion would not have occurred without the act of suffering. This vital concept is powerfully addressed by Jewish American writer Bernard Malamud in his novel The Fixer. The Fixer is a classic example of the existential ideology that human catharsis only comes through suffering. He proposed “Every man is a Jew” (94). He considers the Jew as a paradigm of human values and not as the creature of a chosen tribe. His works claim that suffering and love are common to all men. Malamud was born on April 26, 1914 in the United States. He was the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. It is one of the most compassionate writings...... middle of paper......certifies that any human being with values, knowing the suffering in the world and transfiguring its tribulations can be considered Jewish .Works Cited Astro, Richard and Jackson J. Benson. ed. The Fiction of Bernard Malamud. New Delhi: East-West press Ltd, 1992. Print. Freudman, Allen Warren. “The hero like Schnook.” Bernard Malamud and the critics.Ed.Leslie. A. Field and Joyce. W. Field. New York: New York University Press, 1970. Hassan, Ihab. Contemporary American Literature: An Introduction. Newyork: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1973. Print.Malamud, Bernand. The repairman. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. PrintShapiro, Gerald Eds. American Jewish Fiction: A Century of Stories, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Print.Zacharias, Ravi. Can man live without God? Tennessee: Thomas Nelson Publishers Nashville, 1994. Print.