The Human Stain

Main Ideas

• Exploration of identity and self-awareness, particularly in the context of race and ethnicity.
• Critique of political correctness and its impact on society and personal life.
• Examination of the consequences of concealing one's true self and living a lie.
• Questions of morality and ethics in the academic environment.
• Issues of aging and loneliness, and their impact on the individual.
• The influence of the past on a person's present and future.