Transcript Saul Bellow The Victim

Saul Bellow
The Victim
Title: The Victim
Author: Saul Bellow
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Pages: 272
Publisher: , 0
ISBN: 0140189386
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Leventhal is a natural victim; a man uncertain of himself, never free from the nagging suspicion
that the other guy may be right. So when he meets a down-at-heel stranger in the park one day
and finds himself being accused of ruining the man's life, he half believes it.
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???: Who is the victim? Asa Leventhal, his brother Max, Albee, Mary, or all of them? In a
labirenth of scenes, you face with lots of ordinary, and at the same time important things in
man’s life, what makes you thinking about your responsibilities. All above his brother’s family
problems, his wife's brother, and... Leventhal meets Albee whom he can’t remember but has
had a big roll in his life! One goes through an unimportant situation which unbelievably changes
important things in other's lives!
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Kristen: It was impossible to tell, in starting out, what was going to happen. And it was unfair,
perhaps, to have to account at forty for what was done at twenty. But unless one was more than
human or less than human, as Mr. Schlossberg put it, the payment had to be met. Leventhal
disagreed about “less than human.” Since it was done by so many, what was it but human?
“More than human” was for a much smaller number. But most people had fear in them – fear of
life, fear of death, of life more than death, perhaps. But it was a fact that they were afraid, and
when the fear was uppermost they didn’t want any more burdens. At twenty they had vigor and
so were careless, and later they felt too weak to be accountable. They said “Just let me alone,
that’s all I ask.” But either they found the strength to meet the costs or they refused and gave
way to dizziness – dizziness altogether, the dizziness of pleasures before catastrophes. Maybe
you could call it “less than human” to refuse; he liked to think “human” meant accountable in
spite of many weaknesses – at the last moment, tough enough to hold. But to go by what
happened in the majority of cases, it was the dizziness that was most typical and had the best
claim to the name.
Fewlas: Sentiva oscuramente che il disordine e la confusione facevano parte del prezzo che
era costretto a pagare per il proprio riscatto.
Leventhal, ovvero: la redenzione attraverso la sofferenza, ovvero: il novello Giobbe.
La storia di un ebreo americano che vive a New York e che si trova a dover affrontare l’afa
dell’estate senza la moglie. Gli fanno visita i fantasmi del passato mascherati da Allbee, una
vecchia conoscenza che gli imputa la colpa della propria rovina. Leventhal vittima di uno stalker
ma –forse- anche colpevole. Di cosa? Di avere una storia da uomo che ce l’ha fatta, non è
stato sfortunato; di non riconoscere i propri errori e di anticipare con dei ragionamenti da vero
paranoico gli errori degli altri; di essere un ebreo che si è salvato dai forni crematori europei.
La sua storia si intreccia con la Storia, in un vortice di crisi paranoiche, di riflessioni sulla propria
condotta.
I pensieri di Leventhal talvolta sono ingenui ed infantili. Il meccanismo più o meno è questo:
voglio che questa cosa sia così, ne ho bisogno, quindi faccio sì che i miei occhi proiettino nella
realtà reale la realtà come la vorrei io. Ogni indizio cerco di farlo combaciare con la mia
fantasticheria, così potrò ricavarne conforto e tranquillità.
Altre volte invece, molto spesso a dir la verità, combaciano con quell’infelicità paranoica che
Watzlawick descrive bene con la storia del martello nel suo “Manuale per rendersi infelici”:
”Un uomo vuole appendere un quadro. Ha il chiodo, ma non il martello. Il vicino ne ha uno, così
decide di andare da lui e di farselo prestare. A questo punto gli sorge un dubbio: e se il mio
vicino non me lo vuole prestare? Già ieri mi ha salutato appena. Forse aveva fretta, ma forse la
fretta era soltanto un pretesto ed egli ce l’ha con me. E perché? Io non gli ho fatto nulla, è lui
che si è messo in testa qualcosa. Se qualcuno mi chiedesse un utensile, io glielo darei subito. E
perché lui no? Come si può rifiutare al prossimo un così semplice piacere? Gente così rovina
l’esistenza agli altri. E per giunta si immagina che io abbia bisogno di lui, solo perché possiede
un martello. Adesso basta! E così si precipita di là, suona, il vicino apre, e prima ancora che
questo abbia il tempo di dire ‘Buon giorno’, gli grida: ‘Si tenga pure il suo martello, villano!’”
Ritornando a La vittima: Storia presente, personale ed universale ed addirittura biblica. Solo
Bellow sa intrecciare insieme tutti questi livelli così bene.
Richard Moss: Saul Bellow has been a kind of authors i have been desiring to learn for a few
time.When I observed The sufferer in a second-hand sale, it appeared the suitable chance to
plunge in.This used to be Bellow's moment novel - he referred to as it his PhD work, the
culmination of a author nonetheless discovering his means and his voice.But it is mightily
impressive. And in Kirby Allbee, Bellow created a memorable and compelling character.Allbee
isn't really our protagonist though. that is Asa Leventhal - a Jewish guy in early heart age, who
unearths himself adrift in a sweltering long island whereas his spouse is away on kinfolk
business.But it is Allbee's arrival that unsettles Leventhal. he is an acquaintance with a grudge yet we're by no means yes no matter if Asa or Allbee is absolutely The Victim.Allbee is a
haunting yet menacing presence. Pathetic, yet just a little dangerous. i could not get him out of
my head.Asa additionally faces family members difficulties as he offers with a ill nephew within
the absence of his brother.The typical of writing is particularly high. Bellow can be studying his
trade, yet he is already a powerful stylist. And even supposing this e-book was once written
within the 1940s, it doesn't think dated.Reading Bellow additionally made me have an
understanding of how influential his type used to be on a new release of authors. i am a
massive fan of Richard Ford, and this has a few of those self same qualities.Leventhal may well
finally get his existence again on track, yet even to the top Allbee nonetheless has the ability to
unsettle him. and that i understand i will be looking for extra Saul Bellow soon.
Lucas_Jackson: Saul Bellow as soon as said his earliest novels, ‘The Dangling Man’ and ‘The
Victim’, as his ‘M.A. and Ph.D’ respectively. It wasn’t until eventually his 3rd novel, ‘Augie
March’, that Bellow came across his designated literary voice, a type of sprawling and
introspective philosophizing that combined comedy with tragedy, realism with mysticism. One
will get tricks of this in ‘the Victim’, yet on a complete the unconventional is surprisingly varied
from his later works. For one, it truly is even more tightly constructed. The narrative isn’t only a
backdrop to Bellow’s voice, yet rigorously and deliberately crafted. while the unconventional
opens, Asa Leventhal is a center elderly Jew operating for a trades paper. He has been down
and out within the past, yet existence for him now's good. that's till a guy from his past, Allbee,
exhibits up. Years in the past Allbee secured a task interview along with his boss, Rudiger, for
Asa. A war of words arises within the interview that significantly upsets Rudiger. presently
thereafter Allbee, who has struggled with alcoholism within the past, is fired and starts an
extended downward spiral. In Asa’s brain the disagreement had not anything to do with Allbee
and arose just because he desired to preserve a few ‘dignity’ within the face of the
condescending Rudiger. However, in Allbee’s mind, it used to be an intentional ruse on Asa’s
half to get him fired (apparently Albee had made a few anti-Semitic comments within the past,
and Allbee believes this could be motivation adequate for Asa). Thus, whilst Albee indicates up
years later, on the backside of his spiral, he wishes reparations.This is the crucial clash of the
radical (though Asa needs to care for different matters as well, together with a in poor health
baby within the family) and it's used rather properly through Bellow to discover numerous
themes. one of many significant issues is the concept lifestyles is essentially unfair sometimes.
As Allbee places it to Asa: ‘It’s precious that you should think that I deserve what I get. It
doesn’t input your mind, does it—that a guy may not be capable of support being hammered
down? What do you say? possibly he can’t aid himself? No if a guy is down, a guy like me, it’s
his fault…But I’ll inform you something. We do get it within the neck for not anything and endure
for nothing…” (132)This in itself isn't really a very novel insight, yet it’s explored in a refined and
fascinating way. Take the above quote, for example. on its own it’s a cogent, easily
acknowledged perspective. yet Allbee, the resource of this quote, is slightly an emotional
manipulator who may actually simply be attempting to get his approach with Asa. that's to say,
guilt tripping him. Thus, what we get within the ongoing disagreement among Asa and Allbee
are a few grains of fact the following and there that has to be dissected and regarded past their
face value.But the purpose that Allbee brings up is legitimate and Asa is aware that he needs to
reckon with it. Asa is aware he has been fortunate, that he has in his phrases ‘got away with it’
and located himself a comfy life. yet having been down and out before, and dwelling in a
crowded urban with throngs of individuals urgent upon him, he's a great deal conscious that
others haven't relatively been so lucky. And yet, ‘you couldn’t discover a position on your
emotions for everything, or provide at each contact like a swinging door, an analogous for
everyone, with humans moving into and out as they pleased.’ Thus, essentially there's a few
kind of balance, or reconciliation that should be reached inside Asa. it truly is this reckoning
which Asa refers to as a ‘showdown’ halfway during the novel: “But what he intended by
means of this preoccupying ‘showdown’ was once a main issue which might convey an finish
of his resistance to anything he had no correct to resist. Illness, insanity and dying have been
forcing him to confront his fault. He had used each means, and largely indifference and neglect,
to prevent acknowledging it and he nonetheless didn't recognize what it was. yet that used to be
due to the way in which he prepared to not know. He had performed very much to make issues
more uncomplicated for himself, firming down, softening, taking a look aside…”(142)And herein
lies the key flaw of the novel. The level is completely set for this showdown, the subtleties of
proposal and feeling that needs to pass into it previously are explored, however the showdown
by no means truly happens. Sure, there's a quite dramatic moment to final chapter. however it is
dramatic just for its actual action, no longer for any own swap that happens in Asa. Of course,
one can't count on an writer to solve all questions raised in a section of art, and maybe it isn't
even his activity to do so, but if one has a unique so intentionally structured, it kind of feels a
letdown to not have that constitution have a concrete pay off. I’ve by no means been partial to
didactic writing (and truthfully, I wouldn’t particularly describe ‘the Victim’ as didactic. however
it is no less than ‘idea driven). but when you’re going to construct this literary contraption with
such conscientiously targeted characters, and placed such an attempt into elevating one of
these pointed question, why no longer use that contraption to the fullest? What occurs in ‘the
Victim’ is extra reminiscent of placing heavyweight boxers in a hoop for a 12 around bout, then
first and foremost of the twelfth round, slicing the fit short. The final sentence of the book, in
fact, truly reads like a little bit a punchline at the previous 256 pages. With all that being said,
the publication continues to be worthy a read. For one, Bellow’s writing at this element in his
career, on a sentence through sentence basis, continues to be remarkable. or even if it lacks of
a transparent overarching conclusion, there are a few nuggets of actual perception buried in the
prose and dirty dealings of those manhattan urban inhabitants.
Nathan: sounds like Bellow wrote this in a week, in a superb way, like simply because he is a
genius or something.
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