Look at the two epigrams. How do they relate to other novels studied?

How do they relate to The Victim?

Who is the victim, and what does it mean to be a victim?

Are people blameless (Cain and Abel; Jesus in prison)

Is Allbee Leventhal's (Anglo-Saxon) double?

How is Leventhal a moral man? Why is he presented as 'careworn'?

What are the comparisons between this novel and The Trial?

What are the metaphysical questions that arise from the novel? (Divinity, mortality etc)

There is an argument over the talents of an actress - what are the various positions taken up?

How does the book regard 'relationships'?

Web-sites

There is an extensive bibliography of work relating to Bellow at 'Perspectives on American Literature' (click here)

'Nobel Prize Internet Archive' page devoted to Bellow (click here).