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Key ideas from the book
- Benjamin struggles to find direction after graduating from college.
- The novel examines alienation and disillusionment among young people.
- Changing social and sexual expectations shape Benjamin’s relationships.
- Benjamin’s affair with Mrs. Robinson complicates his interest in Elaine.
- The story considers the pull between personal ideals and conformity.
About The Graduate by Charles Webb
After graduating from a small Eastern college, Benjamin Braddock returns to his parents’ home with little interest in the future his family expects him to choose. In the unsettled social and sexual climate of the 1960s, he drifts into an affair with Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father’s business partner.
When Mrs. Robinson’s daughter Elaine comes home, Benjamin becomes drawn to her and begins to imagine a different direction for his life. Charles Webb’s novel explores youth’s alienation, disillusionment, and resistance to conformity through Benjamin’s tangled relationships and uncertain prospects. It may suit readers interested in mid-century American fiction and the tensions between personal desire and social expectation.
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