Defender of the Faith Archives - Summaries & Essays

Defender Of The Faith Philip Roth

“Defender of the Faith” is a short story by Philip Roth. It was first published in 1959 in The New Yorker. The story is about a Jewish serviceman named Sergeant Nathan Marx, who is stationed at a military base in Missouri during World War II. Marx has been raised in a Orthodox Jewish household and … Read more

Defender Of The Faith Character Analysis

To start off, you need some background information for this writing assignment. Defender of the Faith , by Philip Roth, is a short story about an Army sergeant named Kossmeyer who has to determine if Private Witt’s religion is legitimate or not so he can be transferred to another Army battalion. Throughout the story Sergeant … Read more