• SREEHARI S.V
• DR .PREM CHANDAR .P

The present paper has made an earnest attempt to analyse and highlight the human struggles in The Natural. It also deals with the dynamics of human relationships, inhuman conditions of modern life, family communication, or the lack of it, as an essential element in his fiction. In his fictional world Bernard Malamud deals with the most terrifying problem, which the contemporary man faces. Malamud, through his writings, expresses his moral concern regarding the threat of a man's identity by the inhuman conditions of modern life. He reveals this through his protagonist's struggles, weaknesses; insights and realizations, which eventually result in his moral integration. Hence he rises to the status of a successful protagonist. In short, Malamud has created a protagonist who seems fully human, who cannot be lightly satirized or made ridiculous, and who can take advantage of the full range of his intelligence and perceptions, who emerges from his ordeal as a compromised but nonetheless an honest man.

Human Relationships, Human Struggles, Moral Concern, Inhuman Conditions

"STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL : A STUDY OF BERNARD MALAMUD’S THE NATURAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.388-394, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D58.pdf

"STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL : A STUDY OF BERNARD MALAMUD’S THE NATURAL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp388-394, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907D58.pdf