"Bread and Wine" and "Dr. Zhivago"

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The paper discusses how "Bread and Wine" and "Dr. Zhivago" are novels that contain strong motifs of idealism and passion, against a backdrop of war and personal confusion for their protagonists. The paper examines how both books feature protagonists who are deeply morally conflicted, due both to physical hardship and to enormous moral confusion. The paper analyzes the books' two main characters, Pietro Spina and Yury Zhivago, in terms of how both of their lives fundamentally change.

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"As the book opens Spina has returned home to Italy, after a long period of exile abroad. He seeks refuge now among peasants of the Abruzzi; pretending among them to be Spada.
A key theme of Silone's Bread and wine is Pietro Spina's personal struggle against evil that he observes all around him in the world, especially among the fascists, although Communism itself, Russian style, has also come lately to disillusion him."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Pasternak, Boris. (1958). Dr. Zhivago. New York:Pantheon, 1958.
• Pasternak: Boris: Dr. Zhivago. Literature, arts, and medicine database. Retrieved March 9, 2006, from: http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/pasternak291-des-.html
• Silone, Ignazio. (1965). Bread and wine. New York: Time Life Books.

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