My purpose in this paper is to show that the protagonists of Updike can be categorized into groups and that these protagonists are as real for me as they are for Updike. It is because of these protagonists that the works of Updike will live for many years to come

Cock, Charles Monroe

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University of RichmondUR Scholarship RepositoryMaster's Theses Student ResearchSpring 1971The protagonists of John UpdikeCharles Monroe CockFollow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-thesesThis Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Research at UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion inMaster's Theses by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contactscholarshiprepository@richmond.edu.Recommended CitationCock, Charles Monroe, "The protagonists of John Updike" (1971). Master's Theses. Paper 322.PREF I' .. CE One oi tho ~oGt difficult taskc confronting a graduate student is sulecting a topic for a thesis. For those of us in the English r,rad11ate urogram, H,ere nre many sub.iccts to choose, but numerous m1b.ir:cts ~:ovr: been overworked. For myself, I wanted a chanca to show r;om<J orir;inali ty in a thee is. I went to Dr. W.D. Taylor about a ynar a~o and told him that I wanted to choose an author that was Arnnric:rn and prcfcro.b1y still living. He suggested that I look into tl'e works of Jolin Updike. I !ind rr.;.id a few of Updike's works prior to this and had been j":'lpressed with his capability to capture the same things that I saw in lifo. On further examination I discovered that Updike is thre·) y0ars older than I and that both of uc had lived in close prox-i lmi ty in Pennsylvania. This brought me further enjoyment from his wor~rn and I waR transpoced back to the happy days of childhood a5ain. Mnybe it's because both of us are in the over thirty crowd that I a1;r,,,- wit:. wi1at he ;ias to say. Some peot:)le have told me that t my tl 1 i nf~ Uncliirn lr; pointless and has nothing to say. But as will be ::wr:n. i.n this pat:)er Updike has a message for everyone,especially lhosn of today's world. He is the beet of the modern writers in J\m,:r i ca today. My nurnoso in this ~~per is to show that the protagonists of Undii''' can be categorized into groups o.nd that these protae;onists nre ."1.G rnal for r.w as they are for Updike. It is because o;f these 

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