'The Sense of an Ending', the text which tells about the history and memory, so it is very effectual to studied the text. We have to do thinking activity on this text, to read the main blog click here.
1. How do you understand memory and history with reference to your reading of this novel.
The novel speakes of the memory and history which has different parameters. The novel constructes aspects about the memory. We keep our memories but we can not rely on that. We constructes our memories through our perspective. Memory records about what happened, perhaps it is not recorded as it is. The first part is about 'imperfection of memory'. As Adrian refers "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentations." We can say great history to personal memory. Inadequacies of documents can't makes the certain history. As in the novel Tony remembers imperfect memory in which he can not thinks of his deeds. History and memory both are very much connected because history is the part of our memories. Tony’s own tale of his student days is quite unreliable.
2. How do you understand the concept of suicide with reference to your reading of literature ranging from Renaissance play Hamlet, 20th cen Existentialist philosophy and this 21st cen novel The Sense of an Ending?
In the journey of literature we have referred many texts and characters. In the case of Hamlet, he not committed the suicide. He wants to kill the murderer of his father or we can say his Eros was very powerful and it wins over Thanatos. Albert Camus described Suicide as a rejection of freedom, instead of escaping from the meaninglessness life, we should embrace life passionately.
“I don’t envy Adrian his death, but I envy him the clarity of his life.”
In the novel if talk about Adrian, he ended his life with certain clarity. He has a clarity of and death also. We all believe that life is gift, it our choice how we live it. As it is the death is certain decision to end our life with whatever reason. Adrian lives his life with this philosophy. Robson and Adrian both were committed suicide. Their Thanatos was wins over their Eros.
1. How do you understand memory and history with reference to your reading of this novel.
The novel speakes of the memory and history which has different parameters. The novel constructes aspects about the memory. We keep our memories but we can not rely on that. We constructes our memories through our perspective. Memory records about what happened, perhaps it is not recorded as it is. The first part is about 'imperfection of memory'. As Adrian refers "History is that certainty produced at the point where the imperfections of memory meet the inadequacies of documentations." We can say great history to personal memory. Inadequacies of documents can't makes the certain history. As in the novel Tony remembers imperfect memory in which he can not thinks of his deeds. History and memory both are very much connected because history is the part of our memories. Tony’s own tale of his student days is quite unreliable.
2. How do you understand the concept of suicide with reference to your reading of literature ranging from Renaissance play Hamlet, 20th cen Existentialist philosophy and this 21st cen novel The Sense of an Ending?
In the journey of literature we have referred many texts and characters. In the case of Hamlet, he not committed the suicide. He wants to kill the murderer of his father or we can say his Eros was very powerful and it wins over Thanatos. Albert Camus described Suicide as a rejection of freedom, instead of escaping from the meaninglessness life, we should embrace life passionately.
“I don’t envy Adrian his death, but I envy him the clarity of his life.”
In the novel if talk about Adrian, he ended his life with certain clarity. He has a clarity of and death also. We all believe that life is gift, it our choice how we live it. As it is the death is certain decision to end our life with whatever reason. Adrian lives his life with this philosophy. Robson and Adrian both were committed suicide. Their Thanatos was wins over their Eros.
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