Ways and Forms of Change in the Novel "The Mother" by Maxim Gorky and the Story "Agathe Schweigert" by Anna Seghers - Comparative Analytical Study -

Abstract

Change for the better is a necessary condition in human life. Achieving this requires psychological and intellectual preparation, the will, skills, abilities and a firm belief of those who seek to achieve it. The ways to achieve this are various and diverse depending on the social, historical and cultural conditions that a society has. With every change there are obstacles, difficulties and possibly victims.

     In the two literary works we examine and analyze, the authors deal with the ability and awareness of the process of change and transformation of the human personality; the authors select two personalities from society who can never be expected to change due to their age, and simply, because they are peaceful and not important in the community, and they put these two characters in harsh and difficult conditions, and put life and difficult decisions to the test, so they undergo self-examination and explore their skills and potential.

     The authors manage to achieve what they want to discover the human soul and its potential and abilities. These two individuals also manage to overcome the weakness they have felt in their lives, and to move from the narrow self into the larger self and the wider world. From their steadfast silence comes the most beautiful words and all the love and goodness. These two became an example of honesty, determination and self-sacrifice for everyone in love, so that the true word and the noble deed  will forever prevail in life.

     In this comparative study, in the novel "The Mother" by Maxim Gorky and in the story of "Agathe Schweigert" by Anna Seghers, a new reading of the process of change and its ways was presented, in the hope that it benefits the reader in general and those who are concerned with world literature and comparative literature in particular. The study is a manifestation of how other studies contribute to the enrichment of the Arabic library in these areas.