The Heart of the Matter (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1948
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: World War II
- Setting: British West Africa
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Colonialism, Suicide, Murder or homicide, World War II, England or English people, Honesty, Good and evil, Catholics or Catholic Church, Civil service
- Locales: Africa
Characters Discussed
Major Scobie, “Ticki” to his wife, a police chief in a British-controlled West African colony. He is a man whose merit is frequently overlooked and whose capacities for sensitive reaction are underestimated. Thus, when he learns he is not to be chosen district commissioner, he feels the slight more for his wife than for himself. He is scrupulous in his dealings, and he has a reputation for honesty earned in fifteen years of hard work. His scrupulousness is a result of religious convictions that force him to view every problem as a moral conflict; the...
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