Herman Broder
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Herman Broder is the conflicted Holocaust survivor at the center of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s novel "Enemies, A Love Story," torn between multiple women and identities in postwar New York.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herman Broder canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust survivor
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fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptationType | film adaptation ⓘ |
| appearsInMedium | novel ⓘ |
| appearsInWork | Enemies, A Love Story ⓘ |
| centralConflict |
divided affections among several women
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reconciling past and present identities ⓘ |
| cityOfFictionalResidence | New York City ⓘ |
| countryOfFictionalResidence |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Isaac Bashevis Singer ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Enemies, A Love Story universe ⓘ |
| hasBackstoryEvent |
experienced Nazi persecution
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survived the Holocaust ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| hasNotableTrait |
conflicted
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emotional ambivalence ⓘ indecisive ⓘ secretive ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ |
| hasRelationshipType |
husband
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lover ⓘ widower (presumed) ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Judaism ⓘ |
| hasThemeAssociation |
identity crisis
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love triangle ⓘ marital infidelity ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ postwar displacement ⓘ survivor’s guilt ⓘ |
| languageOfOriginWork | Yiddish ⓘ |
| literaryGenreOfWork |
postwar Jewish literature
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psychological novel ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central character
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protagonist ⓘ |
| settingEra |
postwar period
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post–World War II ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
loyalty to multiple women
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memory of the Holocaust ⓘ personal identity ⓘ religious faith ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
fragmented postwar Jewish identity
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the moral complexity of Holocaust survivors in exile ⓘ |
| workTranslatedInto | English ⓘ |
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