چكيده فارسي :
This paper deals with the absence of the spiritual values within the American family in modern and sophisticated times. Apparently, the American family looks great but in reality it is disintegrated to the extent that the family members are ready to kill one another for trivial reasons. Sam Shepard is one of the American playwrights who have tackled the family as a type of his own society. Throughout the analysis of his True West, one can notice that it is not always the case where society is responsible of one s misery but a person might victimize himself via his uncontrolled instincts and whims. Sam Shepard was born on an army base near Chicago in 1943 where his father had returned from World War II and stationed there. His life is somewhat messy and complicated especially when he was young; he has violent fights with his alcoholic father. Noted for his bleak portrayal of American family life, Shepard s own bringing was affected by a very strict father and indifferent mother. His family moved frequently during his childhood because his father was in military. Shepard s adult
