Hyperbole In Goodbye Columbus

The best kind of love is the one that makes someone a better person, without changing them into someone other than themselves. The novella Goodbye, Columbus was written by the author Philip Roth. The novella is told by the narrator Neil Klugman. He lives with his Aunt Gladys and his Uncle Max in Newark. Neil meets and falls for Brenda Patimkin, who is from a wealthy family living in the affluent suburb of Short Hills. Love is one of the main themes that run through the novella and the author Philip Roth enriches and develops using a variety of literary devices like hyperbole, symbolism and

Philip Roth uses hyperbole to develop the theme of love. When Neil and Brenda were playing a game by the pool, Neil panics and starts thinking that she