Values education is a concern of many educators at the present time. This paper proposes that values education can be taught through literature, since the study of literature should not simply be confined to analysis of an. author's technique, but, as Rosenblatt [7] suggests, should also concern itself with ''ultimate questions concerning relevance or value to the reader in his ongoing life."
The topic is examined by focussing on one novel, Graham Greene's Brighton Rock [4] . The book deals with moral problems and ultimate issues, and as such would prove useful in the assessing of values by teacher and student.