BookRags.com Literature Guides Literature
Guides
Criticism & Essays Criticism &
Essays
Questions & Answers Questions &
Answers
Lesson Plans Lesson
Plans
My Bibliography Periodic Table U.S. Presidents Shakespeare Sonnet Shake-Up
Research Anything:        
History | Encyclopedias | Films | News | Create a Bibliography | More... Login | Register | Help


The Fixer Study Guide

Print-Friendly  Order the PDF version  Order the RTF version
by Bernard Malamud
About 104 pages (31,043 words)
The Fixer Summary

Bookmark and Share Know this work well? Help others and get FREE products!

Chapter 5, Part 1 Summary

Yakov suffers in prison while the officials wait for his period to start. If he does not bleed soon, the police will try to pump the menstrual blood from his penis with a faulty device known to suck victims dry sometimes. Yakov is sent to visit the prosecutor, who offers him an easier sentence if Yakov admits the Jewish Nation convinced him to commit the murder. Yakov can do nothing but repeat his innocence. He does not wish to blame innocent Jews, even if he no longer subscribes to their religious beliefs.

The officials show Yakov a book they are developing of Jewish physical characteristics. When they point out a Jewish nose that resembles Yakov's, Yakov responds by pointing to a Jewish nose that resembles the prosecutor's. The.....

This is a free excerpt of 131 words. This section contains 259 words. This study guide contains 31,043 words (approx. 103 pages at 300 words per page).

Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our The Fixer Access Pass.

Ask any question on The Fixer and get it answered FAST!
Answer questions in BookRags Q&A and earn points toward
discounted or even FREE Study Guides and other BookRags products!
Learn more about BookRags Q&A
Copyrights
The Fixer from BookRags and Gale's For Students Series. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



Join BookRagslearn moreJoin BookRags


About BookRags | Customer Service | Report an Error | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy