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The Solid Mandala by Patrick White (1966) tells the story of twin brothers Waldo and Arthur Brown who are so opposite from one another that together they form White's conception of human behavior and human nature. Like Steinbeck's East of Eden (1952), White's novel positions two brothers forming their identities and understandings of the world through the relationship they share with one another, particularly the ways in which they are both dependent upon and repelled by one another. The tensions of good/bad, intellectual/emotional, selfish/generous, and bitter/loving are embodied in the symbols of Waldo and Arthur.

Beginning in the town of Sarsaparilla, a small municipality in Australia, the novel is divided into four parts and narrated by a third-person voice. Part two, the longest section, is narrated in the third-person limited voice from Waldo's perspective, while part three is narrated in the third-person limited voice from Arthur's.

Waldo believes himself to be superior not only to his brother but to anyone. Though he is a failed writer himself, he maintains a detachment and indifference to the world and to people, a distance that he believes elevates him from common man. However, though he is what we might call "book smart," what he actually understands is very little due to his lack of empathy, his godlessness, and his conformity to social standards that anger him.

Arthur is the brother with whom the reader sympathizes. Though he is intellectually disabled, he is good and humble and kind. From birth, he is curious, generous, and selfless. However, people fear him because he is different.

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