Unendurable Anguish of an Individual: A Study of Scott Heim`s Mysterious Skin

Authors

  • Z. Syed Musthafa PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020
  • Dr. M.H. Mohamed Rafiq PG & Research Department of English, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous),Tiruchirappalli – 620020

Keywords:

Epistaxis, numbness, loneliness, abduction, victim.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the character Brain Lackey the protagonist of Scott  Heim`s Mysterious Skin. Mysterious Skin (1995) discusses the life on two young boys Neil  McCormick and Brian Lackey. They are associated in a baseball team ‘Little League’. They  fall as a prey to their coach. Neil McCormick welcomes the relationship with his coach, later  becomes a hustler. The victim, Brian Lackey is insentient when the assault took place. The  novel limens the torment of the rape survivor, who is not even aware of what has happened in  his life.

References

Heim, Scott, Mysterious Skin, Harper Perennial Olive Edition, 2021.

Caruth, Cathy, Unclaimed Experience Trauma, Narrative and History, The John Hopkin University Press,1996.

Published

2024-09-13

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2024): Jamal Academic Research Journal-An Interdisciplinary (JARJ)

Section

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