In Philip Roth's, "Defender of the Faith", a veteran of the European theatre, Nathan Marx has recently returned to the US from the war that ended in Europe. When he arrives to the US, Captain Barrett appoints him Sergeant, which provides him the responsibilities that Sergeant Thurston leaves behind. As soon as Marx takes over the position, he faces several dilemmas, where he loses his objective but realizes it at the end and tries to take back authority. Being a Sergeant, he has a difficult rank maintaining a balance between his beliefs as a Jew, as a human, and his role as a Sergeant.
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