Saul Bellow’s The Dean’s December: ‘Self as a rebel.’

Abstract

This article demonstrate the self as a rebel The different dimensions on which Somewhere above is based are the novelist’s philosophical verdicts, the nature and conflict of the individual, and Camus’s philosophy of revolution. It examines the novel’s setting’s distinctive features and characteristics, as well as the methods and techniques used to depict the self-identity. The importance of the novel’s setting in explaining the author’s attitude toward the causes and beginning of rebellion in inner-self is also discussed in this article. The scenes appear to highlight Bellow’s message about the dangers and hazards of irresponsible of inner self devastation. This paper argues that The Dean’s December is Bellow’s most pessimistic novel, heralding the end of Bellow’s ideal fables, based on the repeated use of rebellion terms, symbols, and references.