Affinity and complexity of biophilia in Cormac McCarthy’s Suttree
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Biophilia, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Biophilia Affinity, Biophilia Complexity, Nature, Eco-System, Philia, PhobiaAbstract
Every writer has some intention to reflect themselves in their writings which may be conscious or sometimes it may be happening in the unconscious state of mind. Even the critics and scholars have tried to decode the Author’s writing, seeking the image of the writer. Though decoding the other’s personal life is not a good sense of morality, it has some interesting factors like the feel of detective in detective fiction. Sometimes the decoder failed to decode the author’s image in their writings. Here in this research article, the researcher is not going to decode the author’s personal life but it is mentioned the protagonist of the novel Suttree by Cormac McCarthy has three love affairs that are completely relevant to Cormac McCarthy’s Personal Life because Cormac McCarthy has three wives. Even in Cormac McCarthy’s official website, mentioned that in Suttree, “He is referring to himself” (Todd). Therefore, it is clearly understood, this particular novel is not like other novels of Cormac McCarthy, instead, it is a semi-autobiographical novel. So, decoding this novel and proving this is semi-autobiographical is not necessary, since it already proved one.
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