A study on the protagonist’s quest for assimilation with the society in Saul Bellow’s Herzog

Abstract

Because of the dehumanised environment a man has a strained relationship with the society. But, at the same time, if an individual does not behave in accordance with the larger group, his life gets disintegrated. He has to integrate his ‘self’ with the ‘society’ to have a meaningful existence. This paper analyses how the protagonist manages to integrate his ‘self’ with the society in Saul Bellow’s Herzog.