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The Magic Barrel Bernard Malamud

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The Magic Barrel Essays

How Characters Develop Self-Acceptance in “The Magic Barrel” by Bernard Malamud and “At the Bottom of the River” by Jamaica Kincaid Anonymous 12th Grade

The Magic Barrel

Self-identity is the personal recognition of one’s individuality especially after a period of ignorance about one’s interests, abilities, weaknesses, characteristics, and motivations. In Malamud’s “The Magic Barrel” and Kincaid’s “At the Bottom of...

The Moral Maturity and Identity in Malamud’s “A Summer’s Reading” Anonymous College

The Magic Barrel

After analyzing “A Summer’s Reading” from the 20th century American collection, The Magic Barrel (1950) by Bernard Malamud, exhibits a theme common in several short stories that teaches a challenging but, valuable lesson. “A Summer’s Reading”has a...