Brighton Rock : Pinkie의 구원의 추적 Pinkie' Pursuit of Salvation

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

When Greene set out to write Brighton Rock(1938), his intention was to come up with a plain detective novel, not the theological thriller it turned to be. Then two ebents shook Greene out of this position the assault against religion by the socialists in Mexico and attack by France against Repulican Spain. Now Greene had to admit that, given the nature of the present world, it was no longer possible, at least not for him, to place religion and contemporary existence in difference compartments. From then on, Greene would always be concerned with this subject.
The story is set in motion when Pinkie Brown, a seventeen year old hoodlum, and his gang decide to kill Fred Hale because th later's act of betrayed has led to the death of Kite, the previous leader of the mob. As the book starts to unfold, it becomes apparent that the major struggle is not between the forces of society and crime but between god and evil. Looking at the structure of the action Brighton Rock, one would tend to atree that Pinkie seems clearly destined for damnation. Within him there always exists the fearful realization that he is on the read to hell but that there remains an omnipresent possibility of theological salvation. This intense religous conviction is something that sets him apart from a host of characters with whom we are forced to compare him. What really matters in Greene's world is whether or not this characters experience a change of heart ; and this happens to Pinkie, slow and reluctant the process, most clearly in his relations with Rose.
Consequently, when we see Pinkie during his last moments on earth, it is not at all certain that he is about to enter hell. Yet it's obvious that Greene actually wants us undergo a real struggle. The challenge to do this happen to be most extreme in the case of Pinkie Brown.