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Justin Mather Mr. Mackechnie English 11 Honors 4B 07 May 2006 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT CRITICISM The eccentric, obsessed, sex driven story of Alexander Portnoy in Philip Roth's novel, Portnoy's Complaint tells the story of a teenager going through his adolescent years with sexual urges to deal with in life. Alexander is a Jewish boy with a huge nose to match his huge ego, in love with sex. Published first in 1969 Philip Roth has Portnoy grow up in a strict household with expectations to be proper and well behaved yet he has to find ways around his parents to satisfy his sexual tensions. He loves being kinky in the bedroom even though he feels guilty doing it and he relates his problems through flashbacks, and anecdotes to his life seeking help for his problem. Philip Roth, through out the novel of Portnoy's Complaint, showed flaws of teenagers with sexual obsessions, harsh language to get points across,...

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