Traumatic Experience in Saul Bellow'sMr. Sammler's Planet

Abstract

The present research explores the tormented state of theprotagonist, Mr. Sammler in Saul Bellow'sMr Sammler's Planet published in 1970. As a survivor of the Holocaust, Mr. Sammler goes through a severe sense of traumatic experience throughout his life because of his direct personal experiences of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis during the Second World War. The scenes of death camp constantly rise to the surface of his mind and make him alienated because they become the chief determinant of his life.