“Fact, Fiction and History in Philip Roth’s “Eli the Fanatic”

Quotes- “For Eli nothing is the emptiness of Tzuref’s Yeshiva Office”

“Tzuref understands nothing is precisely what they have”

States Greenie embodies Eli’s suppressed religion. That’s why Eli feels like he’s two people in one suit or one person wearing two suits.

He shows his son who he is and states he’s the father multiple times showing us that he is planning to go on with this life and pass it onto his son.

Makes you question how should Jews live their lives dealing with the aftermath of the Holocaust

“Eli strolls through Woodenton in orthodox clothing to admonish his townspeople for their intolerance towards any such outward display of Jewishness”