On the Father-Son Confrontation in Henderson the Rain King

DOI

10.2991/hssmee-18.2018.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Father-son confrontation, archetype, spiritual poverty, material affluence.

Abstract

Henderson the Rain King which tells the story of a WASP millionaire called Eugene Henderson is one of Saul Bellow’s best-known works. This paper will have its focus on the father-son relationship, or more precisely, the father-son confrontation, which is a significant clue to comprehend the major theme of the novel: the spiritual poverty in material sufficiency. Consisting of six parts, the paper will firstly have a brief introduction of the writer and the book. Then it will discuss the archetype of the father-son confrontation, how they confront each other, the reasons for their confrontation, and their reconciliation. In the end, a conclusion will be involved.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Aoshuang Yang
PY  - 2018/09
DA  - 2018/09
TI  - On the Father-Son Confrontation in Henderson the Rain King
BT  - Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Education Engineering (HSSMEE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 206
EP  - 209
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/hssmee-18.2018.36
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