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Petrifying Impact of Capitalism in Philip Roth’s The Human Stain

Abdullah Jassim Muhamed Banimansoor, Longhai Zhang

Volume: 12 Issue: 2 2022

Abstract:

This study sheds light on impact of capitalism on American society and how it enforces racial discrimination to subject the majority of people and use them as a commodity in the hands of fewer as portrayed in Philip Roth’s The Human Stain. This article also attempts to focus on the effect of war on society as capitalist’s tool. It raises a question as to what extent capitalism is successful in deforming the American society. It aims to reveal the role of capitalism in planting social discrimination in American society. It also discusses the atmosphere of racial discrimination at the time of writing this article.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v12i02.007

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