Sandy

Kristy Nigbur/Jeanette Schmalz
 * Sandy**

In the novel Sandy Roth is the older brother of the main character, and narrarator, Philip Roth. In the begining of the novel Sandy is tweleve years old and in the seventh grade. He is known to be a quiet, serious, and an almost mysterious boy. His character evolves and transforms many times throughout the novel, but one thing that stays constent is his talent and love for drawing. In the begining Sandy, like Philip, follows along with the families rules and listens to his parents. Durring the time period when Lindburgh ran for president purhapse Sandy's biggest change throughtout the whole novel begins. He holds multiple drawings of Lindburgh in his portfolio after telling his parents he had torn them up, he begins to admior the aviation hero. This is shown on page 26 when Philip finds out Sandy still has the drawings of Lindburgh his parents told him to dispose of, and Philip says, "There was nobody more truthful than my brother. He wasn't quiet because he was secretive and deceitful but because he never bothered to behave badly and so had nothing to hide. But now something external had transformed the meaning of these drawings, making them into what they were not, and so he'd told our parents that he'd destroyed them, making himself into what he was not." This quote shows the evolution of Sandy into the complete opposite of what he had been. With the support of his Aunt Evelyn and the dissaprovel of his parents, Sandy then joined the Office of American Absorption (OAA). A volunteer work program where the city's youth got to learn the traditional ways of heartland life. When Sandy came back he was almost unknown to his family, his loyalty lying to Aunt Evelyn, Rabbi Bengelsdorf, the OAA, and Lindburgh. When Philip is kicked in the head by a horse Philip's father talks to Sandy finally breaking through to him and Sandy changes back to the old Sandy, and for the rest of the novel helps his family and matures into the original expectations they had for him.
 * Summary**

In the beginning of __The Plot Against America__, we saw Sandy as a typical young Jewish boy growing up in an Americanised world. At first, it seemed as though he was a boy who was proud of his Jewish heritage, standing up for what he believed in, in both school and his social life. We later witnessed a great transition when Sandy went against his fathers will and traveled to work on a farm with a christian family. This shows the reader that Sandy was desperate for some feeling of normalism in his life. He thought that if he could fit in with the typical American family, he may be happier in his life. This was the first time in the story that Sandy showed weakness about the war and how injustice towards the Jews. Before this, he seemed to be a somewhat quiet boy who kept to himself and didn't get into the family's business until it built up enough that he had to move away to get away from the problems in his life. Another sign of his interal personality that the reader does not really get to see a side of, is through his drawings. Because Sandy is so quiet and does not express his feelings much, the reader can get a sense of what he feels through the drawings. We see his many tranistions by the different drawings that he makes and the many topics that they delt with. Although he went through many changes throughout the course of the story, Sandy found a way to make it back to his normal self as he grew up and realized who he truly was.
 * Analysis**