The Path to the TruthSaul Bellow is known as one of the most influential and important writers of the post-World War II era and has won numerous awards for his work including the Pulitzer Prize, a Presidential Medal of freedom and Nobel Prize for literature. One of Bellow's famous short stories, "The Future Father" follows a single day in the life of a young scientist, Rogin, who begins to feel pressure from his fiancée, Joan, and the stress of marriage and perhaps fatherhood. "The Gonzaga Manuscripts" is another Bellows story that is scrutinized by many critics. The story follows the expedition of an American scholar, Charles Feiler, in search of the works of a Spanish poet, Gonzaga. Finding the poems would be an act of liberation in Feiler's mind, and he believes that bringing that small part of Gonzaga into the world would be an act of hope that the world needs. A final example of Bellow's short stories is "Looking for Mr. Green". The story outlines the first day on the job for a relief check deliveryman, George Grebe, and his struggle to find his first receiver in a Chicago ghetto. In Saul Bellow's critically acclaimed novel, Seize the Day, which comprises three short stories, Bellow explores the central theme of the protagonist's struggle with life's unpredictable conflicts and search for transcendence and truth. “A Father-to-Be” is a thoughtful piece in which Bellow writes about the stress many Americans feel on the edge of marriage, especially during the Depression. The main character is 31-year-old chemist, Rogin, and he is going to his girlfriend's house for dinner. He was an average American who felt the same pressure that most Americans felt at the time, due to inflation and high taxes. Alo......middle of paper......dies in Short Fiction Fall 1974: 387-93. Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Jelena Kristovic. vol. 101. Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007. 3-7. Literary criticism online. Network. February 17, 2010.Scheer-Schaezler, Brigitte. "A la recherche du texte perdu: 'The Gonzaga manuscripts." Little Planets: Saul Bellow and the Art of Short Fiction. EastLansing: Michigan State UP, 2000. Page No. Rpt. in Criticism of short stories.Ed. Jelena O Krstovic. vol. 101. Detroit: Gale, 2008. No. pages. Literary Resource Center. Network. March 2, 2010.Stevick, Philip. “The Rhetoric of Bellow's Short Fiction.” Critical Essays on Saul Bellow. Ed. Stanley Trachtenberg. Boston: G. K. Hall & Co., 1979,73-82. Rpt. in Criticism of short stories. Ed. Jelena Kristovic. vol. 101.Detroit: Thomson Gale, 2007. 9-14. Literary criticism online. Network. 18February. 2010.