Literary Analysis of The Magic Barrel
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Literary Analysis of The Magic Barrel
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Terrell Phillips
Alex Kurian
ENGL 1302
28 June 2012
Literary Analysis of The Magic Barrel
In a career that took him from the Bureau of Census in Washington, DC in 1940, to the halls of Harvard University as a visiting lecturer, from 1966-68, Bernard Malamud proved that “…reinvention was the catalyst for his success as a writer” (Gitenstein). Malamud’s works include The Natural, The Fixer, and Two Fables, (Gitenstein). Malamud was “…born April 28, 1914, in Brooklyn, NY; died of natural causes, March 18, 1986, in New York, NY” (Understanding Bernard Malamud 2). In 1954 Malamud published what is considered one of his greatest short stories – The Magic Barrel (Gitenstein). The main theme of the story is that one must know his or her true identity to progress in life.
Leo Finkle, a rabbinical student, has decided at the age of 27 that he must find a wife. Finkle enlists the help of Pinye Salzman, a marriage broker and ends up with the Stella, the daughter of the marriage broker. There is nothing difficult about Bernard Malamud’s writing; he writes in clear, straightforward prose about universal ideas and emotions. The conflict that exists in this tale is finding the perfect bride for Finkle. The pace of the story was appropriate for the type of story Malamud was writing. If the story was rushed, you would not have believed the cautious nature of Leo Finkle, nor believe Salzman as calculating.
There are four central characters in this story; Leo Finkle- the rabbinical student who has assimilated to American life, Pinye Salzman-an elderly Jewish matchmaker, Lily Hirschorn- a potential wife for Leo, and Stella- the woman young Leo is certain that he loves (and the daughter of Salzman). Leo Finkle is a cautious, educated, young man with a long, severe scholar’s nose. He had brown eyes heavy with learning, sensitive yet ascetic lips, and a certain, almost hollow quality of the dark cheeks. Salzman is of slight build but dignified build, who wear an old hat, and an overcoat too short and tight for him. He was missing a few teeth and smelled like fish. However, he had an amiable manner that contrasted with horn rimmed mournful mild blue eyes that revealed a depth of sadness. His voice, lips, wisp of beard and bony fingers were all animated which surprisingly puts Leo at ease. Lily is a regular school teacher who drives a Dodge and once lived in Paris for a year. She is intelligent and cultured who is somewhere between the ages of 29-35 and widowed. Lily is petite and not unpretty, is wearing something signifying the approach of spring and surprisingly sound. Stella is Salzman’s disgraced daughter who is wearing a white dress and red shoes, appears at the end of the story smoking under a streetlight located on the corner. Salzman claims she is dead to him because she is wild like and animal. She is also the woman Leo has fallen in love with.
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