[Year of first publication] 1969 [Character(s)] Alexander Portnoy Sophie Portnoy [Work] Portnoy's Complaint [Creator] Philip Roth [Country of publication] United States [Details] Roth's presentation of Portnoy as a Jew enthralled with sexual passions in opposition to images of moral and rational led to widespread discussions .[84] Warren Rosenberg describes Portnoy as using his penis to break the barriers of being a "nice Jewish boy" and becoming an authentic "American male"[85] Portnoy's mother Sophie is presented as a smothering Jewish mother, which Portnoy has feared will make him gay.[86] [Media] 
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