A Bad Man Summary / Study Guide

A Bad Man | Characters

Many of the supporting characters in A Bad Man are effective representations of literary types; the names of Feldman's three victims — Victman, Freedman, and Dedman — suggest the allegorical qualities of the novel. Similarly, many of the prisoners represent essentially symbolic intentions rather than individually developed characterizations. The power of the novel as a representation of life rather than as thematic manifesto depends on the conflict between two powerful antagonists, Feldman and Warden Fisher. These two apparent opposites are surprisingly similar. Their differences...

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