This paper examines how there are many similarities between the two novels: Philip Roth's "Portnoy's Complaint" and Dorothy
Parker's "Mr Durant". It looks at how not only are they are about self-obsessed men who treat
women badly and who seem to choose women who are inferior to themselves, but also how they are very preoccupied with how others think of them. It analyzes how both offer an indictment of the American
male's values and debates whether they can be considered typical stereotypes of the American male.