Vom Gehilfen zum Helfer. Das Thema der Mitmenschlichkeit in Bernard Malamuds 'The Assistant' (From 'Assistant' to Helper. The Theme of Mutual Helpfulness in Bernard Malamud's 'The Assistant').

Recommends, for teaching English in the upper grades, Malamud's "The Assistant," which deals with the life of a minority group in New York during the Great Depression, and which emphasizes the importance of neighborliness and mutual helpfulness. (IFS/WGA)