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How did Aharon Megged portray the pioneer generation in The Living on the Dead?
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S.Y. Agnon.
In his novel The Living on the Dead (1965), Aharon Megged portrays a putative hero of the pioneer generation in an ironic light. By casting this character in such a manner, Megged moves away from the idealized depictions often associated with the founders of the state, instead subjecting the pioneer ethos to critical examination.1