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Good Bye Columbus By Philip Roth

Diversity is an attribute that is seen among
people, situations and
cultures. Everyone has encountered different
situations at one time or
more during their lives that has either been
pleasant or upsetting.
Certain novels written in the 1950\'s to the
present show signs of
multiformity very clearly. In regards to culture,
people are placed in
unusual situations where their diversity is
shown.
Throughout the novella, \"Good-bye,
Columbus,\" written by Philip Roth,
conflicts are seen as far as social status
among families. This
novella was not diverse in the written aspect,
in fact I thought of it
as easy reading. \"Sure, I should serve four
different meals at once....
I should jump up and down twenty different
times? What am I, a
workhorse?\" (Roth 4) The reactions in
Brenda\'s house differ because
they have a maid and Brenda\'s Mom doesn\'t
have to pick up a finger.
Neal and Brenda\'s families are obviously
placed in different social
brackets and this adds to the conflict that the
relationship is not
equal.
From the readers point of view, the tie that
Neil feels toward Brenda
is one of physical attraction. \"She dove
beautifully and a moment
later she was swimming back to the side of
the pool, her head of
shortclipped auburn hair held up, straight
ahead of her, as though it
were a rose on a long stem.\" (Roth 3) He
sees her only as a beautiful
woman and allows that to get in the way of
actually realizing the true
reasons for her actions. Brenda on the other
hand is using him to be
her \"slave.\" This is seen with all her actions
that show that she
honestly does not care about his feelings, his
wants or desires.
\"‘We\'ll be...

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