The Adventures of Augie March (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Saul Bellow
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Picaresque
- Time of Work: 1920’s-the 1940’s
- Setting: Primarily Chicago, Illinois
- Genres: Long fiction, Picaresque fiction
- Subjects: Values, Crime or criminals, 1940’s, Antiheroes, 1920’s, 1930’s, Chicago, Jews or Jewish life, Theft, Wealth, Materialism
- Locales: Mexico, Paris, France, Chicago, IL, Buffalo, NY
Characters Discussed
Augie March, the narrator and main character of the story, which tells about his childhood and youth and about learning what it is to be a man. His final discovery is that there is no finality; to be involved with life and people means to hold on to such principles as freedom, fairness, and personal integrity, but it also means that one must constantly adjust the application of these principles to daily circumstances that challenge and change a person. Augie becomes involved in scratching out a living in the hard streets of Chicago, his home. During his...
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