Portnoy's Complaint
Who is Cousin Harold (Heshie) from Portnoy's Complaint and what is their importance?

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This character functions as an inspiration to Alex, in terms of his desire for dating non-Jewish girls, his success at doing so, and his initial defiance of his father's determination that he not do so (for a further analysis of this relationship see Chapter 3 Analysis and Chapter 6 Analysis).