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This paper relates from Edward Lewis Wallant's novel, "The Pawnbroker," the story of Sol Nazerman, a Jewish pawnbroker who survived the World War II Nazi death camps and as an old man has lost all faith in humanity. The author feels that a turning point is when Nazerman cannot support the racketeer's actions anymore and begins to lend large sums of money to the poor people who bring in valueless items to the pawnshop.The author believes that Jesus' death (the assistant) and the feelings it brings to Nazerman makes the pawnbroker able to move on with his life and even love again.

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"Despite his efforts to be unlovable, many of the people around him are sympathetic to him. They recognize his pain and are awed by the large, inscrutable Jew. A social worker tries to open up to him by speaking of her loneliness. However, he is unimpressed by her discovery that the world is unjust and he refuses to support a charity that she encourages him to support."

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