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Herman Roth (birth is estimated)
Hardworking father of Phillip Roth. Woke up at 7 am and came home at 5 pm then he went back to work at 6 pm. He sold insurance until 9 pm. He was a very good family man and cared about family. He was generous and helped others. -
Bess Roth
Phillip's mother took pleasure in doing the proper thing. She was well spoken and smart. She had social graces and she was a very good mother. She helped Phillip and was active in his schools. She had a good life until Phillip and his brother left the house making her sad. -
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The Roth Timeline
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Phillip Understands Anti-Semitism
During the 1930s Phillip Roth started to understand anti-semitism. The way he was first introduced to it was during the 30s when his father would speak about Father Coughlin's anti-semitism. -
Plot Against America: Inspirations
Phillip Roth starts to write his book A Plot Against America. He wrote the book as close as possible to see how Lindbergh would act if nominated. Roth says that his book isn't about facism and that isn't why he wrote the book. He wrote it to write about how the Jews were nerved by the fact of a "Jew-hater" coming to power. He was making up a counter-reality that thought could be true. -
Sandy Roth
Sandy Roth is Phillips older brother. He died in 2007 from heart failure. Him and Phillip were very close when they were young. Many of their friends used to say to them, "If Sandy stopped short Phillip's nose would go right up his a**". He went to art school and became an artist. He married and had 2 children.
