Harry Angstrom's Middle Age In Rabbit Is Rich

Rabbit Is Rich presents new changes taking place in Harry Angstrom after his entrance into middle age.However,middle age itself has seldom been the focal point of literary criticism of this novel.This thesis reveals how the conflicts in middle-aged Harry Angstrom's life can be attributed to the socially constructed prejudices,norms and expectations relating to middle age in the novel and what are Harry Angstrom's psychological and behavioral responses to them.This thesis aims to explore the conflicts between inner imperatives and outer restraints in middle age and the possibilities of resolving the tension between these opposites.The argument of this thesis is that in Rabbit Is Rich,middle-aged llarry Angstrom manages to strike a balance between his inner imperatives and the outer social restrains associated with middle age.