![]() I don’t have a single religious bone in my body. In an interview with the journalist Rita Braver on CBS News, Roth stated: As in other Roth’s novels ( American Pastoral, Goodbye Columbus, The Human Stain ), Judaism becomes one of the main targets of his satire. Growing up, Portnoy rejects religion, much to the chagrin of his parents. For his parents (especially his mother, Sophie), the world is divided between Jews and Goyim (non-Jews in the Yiddish language). Growing up in a Jewish familyĭuring his monologue, Portnoy focuses on his family, his childhood, and the upbringing he received. Only in the last two lines does the psychoanalyst say: “So. ![]() The reader knows of his existence, but as a character, he is totally insignificant, as he is just an excuse for Portnoy’s stream of consciousness. Portnoy’s monologue develops in seven parts and describes in great detail his erotic obsessions. The book tells his torrential confession while lying on the analyst’s sofa. Thirty-three-year-old Jewish Alexander Portnoy, a member of the New York City Human Resources Development Committee, is the protagonist of Portnoy’s Complaint (1969), written by American novelist Philip Roth. ![]()
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