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.
- Copyright
- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
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 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/hssmee-18.2018.36 DO - 10.2991/hssmee-18.2018.36 ID - Yang2018/09 ER -