The Tenants

Question 1

themes
(the tenants)

Answer 1

Love and Racism

Question 2

Author
(the tenants)

Answer 2

Bernard Malamud was born on 26 April 1914 in Brooklyn, New York. He took his B.A at the city college, N.Y. and his M.A. at Columbia. After various odd jobs, he began to teach in1939. At the present time he teaches English at Bennington College, where he lives with his wife and two children.

Question 3

Willy Spearmint
(the tenants)

Answer 3

=> = Bill Spear William Shakespeare reference, raw talent and “experience” as the necessary component of art, black man, comes in Harry’s territory with his ancient typewriter, Is a black man, he thinks niggers are other kind of people, not only because of they are black, but Willy thinks black people also think different. He likes Harry at some moment but hates him in the end when he takes his girlfriend.
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Question 4

Harry Lesser
(the tenants)

Answer 4

=> “Lesser man” represent a humanistic tradition is obsessed with “form” in art, working on third novel, writing is everything for him. He spent most of the day behind his desk and writes there. He is an emotional guy, but when he has to choose he always decides for his own goodness. Like the friendship with Willy, who’s girlfriend is Irene. When he falls in love with here he “takes” here. After all he feels mercy about those things.
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Question 5

Mary Kettlesmith
(the tenants)

Answer 5

=> “the pot calling the kettle black.”, sleeps with harry
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Question 6

Levenspiel
(the tenants)

Answer 6

=> stereotype of money making jew, wants to demolish the building.
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Question 7

Irene Bell
(the tenants)

Answer 7

=> girlfriend of willy and then of Harry
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Question 8

setting and timespan
(the tenants)

Answer 8

Played in New York, time around 1900
4 years

Question 9

stucture plot
(the tenants)

Answer 9

Are no flashbacks, subplot is if he can hold his girl, the plot is he asks mercy.