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The Fixer
Title: The Fixer
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1612 | Pages: 6.9 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Fixer
Malamud ' s The Fixer is a novel which was written in a time of extreme prejudice
and inequality. Malamud fought this struggle in a very powerful way - through writing.
Perhaps the strongest styles he used to fight against the Jewish oppression are irony, and
the use of dreams and hallucinations.
Irony is an overpowering force in Bernard Malamud's The Fixer. The sequence of
events which Yakov Bok goes through makes the entire novel ironic. The …showed first 75 words of 1612 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1612 total…the meaning of freedom and how one can achieve it under the
direst of circumstances. Bok finds his freedom because of revelations which he has
because of his dreams.
In conclusion , Malamud rebels against "the bad guys" in two main ways: through
the use of irony and the use of dreams and freedom. He is essentially fighting a war in this
literary work. He achieves a strong victory , especially considering when this book was
written.
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