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This paper aims to explore the development of selfhood and the meaning of war which serves as the strong background prop and functions as a metaphor for the complete isolation in A Gun for Sale, one of Greene’s “entertainments”. This does not question the substantial presence of
sensational action, but seeks to establish the significance of such action in relation to character
and the philosophic import. In this work the actions are subordinate to a character’s development and indicate the change in the main character that brings him closer to wholeness, and it is shown that the hero reaches selfhood through the establishment of interpersonal connection. Greene’s central character moves towards cohesion and unity of self. The character’s regeneration follows a pattern arising from the stasis to the motion, a participation in life. (Kunsan National Univercity)