Michael Keren traces the political lives and messages of some of the twentieth centurys greatest literary characters in this insightful and jargon-free book of literary criticism. Hans Castorp (Thomas Manns The Magic Mountain ), Joseph K. (Franz Kafkas The Trial), John the Savage (Aldous Huxleys Brave New World), Winston Smith (George Orwells 1984), Ralph (William Goldings Lord of the Flies), Merusault (Albert Camuss The Stranger), Ida Ramundo (Elsa...