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The paper analyzes Bernard Malamud's protagonist Oskar in the novel "The German Refugee." The paper focuses on the theme of self-loathing and connection with others as the means of overcoming the pain and challenges associated with being a refugee in a hostile environment.

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"Oskar Gassner is a German-Jewish journalist living in New York City. He is a refugee having escaped Nazi Germany just months after the pogrom of Oskar's inability to deal with his torment and anguish over his knowledge of the persecution of Jews by Germans leads to his suicide. Oskar's hatred of Germany and all things German leads him to fail to view the world from a balanced perspective."

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