Theme of suicide in The Sense Of An Ending and its context with another literary characters
Name : Urvashi N. Chauhan
Semester : 4
Enrolment no : 2069108420190008
Batch : 2018-2020
Paper : New literature
Mail id : urvashichauhan157@gmail.com
Submitted to : Department of English MKBU
About Author :-
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He has written Crime fiction pseudonym Dan kavanagh. He writes Novel, short stories, essay and memories. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories. His latest book name is 'The Man in The Red Coat'.
About Book :-
The sense of an Ending novel published in 4th August 2011. The novel written in 1960 Suburban London, England. The sense of an Ending genre is literary fiction, memory novel and psychological thriller. The tone of the novel is enigmatic, mysterious and Ambiguous. This novel written in past and present tense. Sense of an Ending is about a person’s memory of youth days. Julian Barnes borrow the title from Frank Kermode’s book of the same name. The sense of an Ending divided into two parts. Novel narrated by Tony Webster. He was a retired man. Tony remember his schools days with his friends Colin, Alex and Adrian.
Theme :
- Eros & Thanatos
- Existentialism
- History, narrative, truth
- Memory
- Suicide
- Class
- Responsibility & guilt
- Philosophy Vs Reality
The second part is in present which begins with arrival of lawyer with the letter for Tony that Veronica’s mother had gave him £ 500 which she calls as blood money. This incident inspire him to re-establish relationship with Veronica and meet her. There also some talk about Adrian Finn and his suicide, his dairy and at the end of the novel tony comes to know about the man who is a son of Adrian and Veronica’s mother mean a half brother of Veronica.
Suicide
Suicide is Latin , suicidium, from sui caedere ' to kill oneself'. Is the act of a human being intentionally causing his or her own death.
Camus :-
“ There is only one really serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”.
The philosophical suicide
If we see the real life situation we can find so many example who ended their life to committed suicide. In some religion suicide consider as a sin.
This novel give a philosophical meaning behind the suicide. This things have related with life and death. Which is shown the reference of Eros and Thanatos. Eros is considered as love and Thanatos is death. All have fear of death but the reality is nobody can runs from the death.
In this novel two characters are committed suicide. In the Frist past of the novel Tony and his friends in school that time Robson committed suicide. And the other character is Adrian Finn.
Robson's suicide
The Frist part of the novel narrator talk about the Frist suicide in the novel was committed by Robson. That time Tony and his friends studies in school. Robson is the students of science sixth. This is a past of the Tony Webster. Who tale the story. Robson was a boy of the corner who have not good relationship with other students in the classroom. The reason of He committed suicide because he has done sex with his girlfriend and make her pregnant. This thing make his ashamed and he ends his life. After his suicide entire class have done talk on the main reason of his suicide.
All students have talked about his girlfriend. They interested in Robson’s girlfriend rather than his suicide. Robson have a girlfriend that is shocking things for his classmates rather than his suicide. That how Robson has a girlfriend and they have not.
Through this incidents we see how Robson not able to face that situation. Here the suicide of Robson present the idea about how people have done wrong thing without thinking a result and future. And after they have no chance to escape from it. And by the end they committed suicide. Robson can not tolerate the thing which he has done with his girlfriend and committed suicide which shows that he ran away from reality.
Adrian suicide :
Adrian is a friend of Tony, Colin and Alex. He is facilitated by History and philosophy. He is intellectual and self assured member of their group. He is a thinking man. Adrian came from a dysfunctional family his mother left his father. Adrian is a rational rather than emotional. He preferred reading Camus and Nietzsche.
He is obsessed with existentialist questions of what makes a life worth living. Because of his intelligence he earned the scholarship of Cambridge university and build relationship with Veronica. Later on he end his life. Everyone is in shock because no one has expected this From Adrian. His body was found behind locked door. Adrian repeated the history of Robson suicide.
“I Don’t envy Adrian his death, but I envy him the clarity of his life”
Above line was spoken by Tony Webster in the novel for Adrian. His leave note address to corner saying that it is a thinking person's philosophical duty to examine the nature of his life and may then choose to renounce it. His reading habits help to live life. The reason of Adrian suicide is unclear till the end of the novel. His death leads Tony to his past and once again meet Veronica. That puzzle not solved by Tony. Tony was not able to solve the mystery of his past. At that time so many questions behind Adrian's suicide. Which was unanswered till the end of the novel.
Adrian made relationship with Tony's ex- girlfriend Veronica. Adrian's dairy was with Sarah ford. She is a Veronica's mother whish she sent to Tony. Adrian suicide is a shocked for his friends. Because he had more knowledge about philosophy and history. But his perspective about suicide is deferent then other. He believes that we have no right to born but we have right to end up our life’s.
“The more you learn, the less you fear. ‘Learn’ not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.”
The reason of Adrian suicide might be the guilt of getting Sarah pregnant. If so then he is running away from his responsibilities. If happen like this in Adrian case so then there is no difference between Robson and Adrian. This a waste. At the end the verdict of coroners inquest says that he killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed.
What if it not so?
So how it is impressive?
So in the novel according to Sarah ford she told Adrian was happy in his last days. He thinks a lot about that before committing suicide. He planned his death in such a very perfect way that can not be failed. He can’t take any chances to fail that. He was unique personality and also unique in committing suicide.
Literature Example
There are so many literature works in which the concept of suicide present by the writer. The example of Things fall apart – Okonkwo, The swamp dwellers – Igwazu , Dr. Jakeyl and Mr. Hyde and Fakeer of jungira - Nuleeni.
There are so many writers also committed suicide by one and another reason. Like Virginia Woolf, Hemingway. We can say that different reasons of suicide in literature and also in society , real life incident. Some of have frustration in life, some of them have get failure. Some ideas of suicide is more controversial and symbolic.
In English literature many writers including the suicide theme in his and her works. Shakespeare present ideas in Hamlet by the main character Ophelia committed suicide. The other example is Romeo and Juliet for a love both committed suicide.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was abused in her childhood and there were so many other reasons of her suicide. She left her home and left one note also to her sister and to her husband. In the note she mentioned that she was going to kill herself. She had not mentioned about how and where but she left the note to two people. She had committed suicide with drown herself in river. After that , so many news came about this and people have desire to know about the actual reason of her suicide. On websites or other sources the suicide note of Virginia Woolf is available.
In so many movies shown the suicide theme like jai ho movie one girl committed suicide for her exam day her brother not reach a time. And in jolly LLB 2 the case about Iqbal qasim's death. It is a not a death but a murder. Iqbal's wife Hina committed suicide for falling to get justice for her husband. There are so many reasons behind that suicide in society. Misty farmers suicide behind reason is economical problem. And the case of students fear for less marks and results. They have a fear about how their parents react. Rohith vemula was a Indian PhD scholar at University of Hyderabad. In 2015 university stopped paying fellowship. With his friends raising issue under the banner Ambedkar students association. They have no proof but give punishment to not appear exam. The 7 moths scholarship was stopped. And he fight against the power. He have wish to become a writer and at the end he write only his suicide notes.
Bhishma & Adrian :-
Bhashma is very well known character in the MAHABHARTA. He have a boon to end of his life whenever he wants. Mostly people choose easy way to end their life. They show the lake of courage. But Bhashma and Adrian different then others. Both choose different and difficult path for ending their life. Everyone can’t do that. They believe in ' I should have the right to end of my life'.
Conclusion :
So by the most important theme of suicide, the novel get turn. Robson’s and Adrian suicide not any strong reference about reason of suicide in novel. By the theme of suicide Julian Barnes present the reality of society that how situation become strong on person and force them to die. End of the novel it seems Adrian may have done so far more concrete reason. We don’t know what really happened in a mind of Adrian but we can certainly tell that 'Something happened' and the way it has happened without any doubt his suicide it was impressive.
‘ Suicide is a final art to canvas of life'
Death with a time is a maturity of life.
Work cited :
Name : Urvashi N. Chauhan
Semester : 4
Enrolment no : 2069108420190008
Batch : 2018-2020
Paper : New literature
Mail id : urvashichauhan157@gmail.com
Submitted to : Department of English MKBU
About Author :-
Julian Patrick Barnes (born 19 January 1946) is an English writer. He has written Crime fiction pseudonym Dan kavanagh. He writes Novel, short stories, essay and memories. Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for his book The Sense of an Ending (2011), and three of his earlier books had been shortlisted for the Booker Prize: Flaubert’s Parrot (1984), England, England (1998), and Arthur & George (2005). He has also written crime fiction under the pseudonym Dan Kavanagh In addition to novels, Barnes has published collections of essays and short stories. His latest book name is 'The Man in The Red Coat'.
About Book :-
The sense of an Ending novel published in 4th August 2011. The novel written in 1960 Suburban London, England. The sense of an Ending genre is literary fiction, memory novel and psychological thriller. The tone of the novel is enigmatic, mysterious and Ambiguous. This novel written in past and present tense. Sense of an Ending is about a person’s memory of youth days. Julian Barnes borrow the title from Frank Kermode’s book of the same name. The sense of an Ending divided into two parts. Novel narrated by Tony Webster. He was a retired man. Tony remember his schools days with his friends Colin, Alex and Adrian.
Theme :
- Eros & Thanatos
- Existentialism
- History, narrative, truth
- Memory
- Suicide
- Class
- Responsibility & guilt
- Philosophy Vs Reality
The second part is in present which begins with arrival of lawyer with the letter for Tony that Veronica’s mother had gave him £ 500 which she calls as blood money. This incident inspire him to re-establish relationship with Veronica and meet her. There also some talk about Adrian Finn and his suicide, his dairy and at the end of the novel tony comes to know about the man who is a son of Adrian and Veronica’s mother mean a half brother of Veronica.
Suicide
Suicide is Latin , suicidium, from sui caedere ' to kill oneself'. Is the act of a human being intentionally causing his or her own death.
Camus :-
“ There is only one really serious philosophical problem and that is suicide”.
The philosophical suicide
If we see the real life situation we can find so many example who ended their life to committed suicide. In some religion suicide consider as a sin.
This novel give a philosophical meaning behind the suicide. This things have related with life and death. Which is shown the reference of Eros and Thanatos. Eros is considered as love and Thanatos is death. All have fear of death but the reality is nobody can runs from the death.
In this novel two characters are committed suicide. In the Frist past of the novel Tony and his friends in school that time Robson committed suicide. And the other character is Adrian Finn.
Robson's suicide
The Frist part of the novel narrator talk about the Frist suicide in the novel was committed by Robson. That time Tony and his friends studies in school. Robson is the students of science sixth. This is a past of the Tony Webster. Who tale the story. Robson was a boy of the corner who have not good relationship with other students in the classroom. The reason of He committed suicide because he has done sex with his girlfriend and make her pregnant. This thing make his ashamed and he ends his life. After his suicide entire class have done talk on the main reason of his suicide.
All students have talked about his girlfriend. They interested in Robson’s girlfriend rather than his suicide. Robson have a girlfriend that is shocking things for his classmates rather than his suicide. That how Robson has a girlfriend and they have not.
Through this incidents we see how Robson not able to face that situation. Here the suicide of Robson present the idea about how people have done wrong thing without thinking a result and future. And after they have no chance to escape from it. And by the end they committed suicide. Robson can not tolerate the thing which he has done with his girlfriend and committed suicide which shows that he ran away from reality.
Adrian suicide :
Adrian is a friend of Tony, Colin and Alex. He is facilitated by History and philosophy. He is intellectual and self assured member of their group. He is a thinking man. Adrian came from a dysfunctional family his mother left his father. Adrian is a rational rather than emotional. He preferred reading Camus and Nietzsche.
He is obsessed with existentialist questions of what makes a life worth living. Because of his intelligence he earned the scholarship of Cambridge university and build relationship with Veronica. Later on he end his life. Everyone is in shock because no one has expected this From Adrian. His body was found behind locked door. Adrian repeated the history of Robson suicide.
“I Don’t envy Adrian his death, but I envy him the clarity of his life”
Above line was spoken by Tony Webster in the novel for Adrian. His leave note address to corner saying that it is a thinking person's philosophical duty to examine the nature of his life and may then choose to renounce it. His reading habits help to live life. The reason of Adrian suicide is unclear till the end of the novel. His death leads Tony to his past and once again meet Veronica. That puzzle not solved by Tony. Tony was not able to solve the mystery of his past. At that time so many questions behind Adrian's suicide. Which was unanswered till the end of the novel.
Adrian made relationship with Tony's ex- girlfriend Veronica. Adrian's dairy was with Sarah ford. She is a Veronica's mother whish she sent to Tony. Adrian suicide is a shocked for his friends. Because he had more knowledge about philosophy and history. But his perspective about suicide is deferent then other. He believes that we have no right to born but we have right to end up our life’s.
“The more you learn, the less you fear. ‘Learn’ not in the sense of academic study, but in the practical understanding of life.”
The reason of Adrian suicide might be the guilt of getting Sarah pregnant. If so then he is running away from his responsibilities. If happen like this in Adrian case so then there is no difference between Robson and Adrian. This a waste. At the end the verdict of coroners inquest says that he killed himself while the balance of his mind was disturbed.
What if it not so?
So how it is impressive?
So in the novel according to Sarah ford she told Adrian was happy in his last days. He thinks a lot about that before committing suicide. He planned his death in such a very perfect way that can not be failed. He can’t take any chances to fail that. He was unique personality and also unique in committing suicide.
Literature Example
There are so many literature works in which the concept of suicide present by the writer. The example of Things fall apart – Okonkwo, The swamp dwellers – Igwazu , Dr. Jakeyl and Mr. Hyde and Fakeer of jungira - Nuleeni.
There are so many writers also committed suicide by one and another reason. Like Virginia Woolf, Hemingway. We can say that different reasons of suicide in literature and also in society , real life incident. Some of have frustration in life, some of them have get failure. Some ideas of suicide is more controversial and symbolic.
In English literature many writers including the suicide theme in his and her works. Shakespeare present ideas in Hamlet by the main character Ophelia committed suicide. The other example is Romeo and Juliet for a love both committed suicide.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf was abused in her childhood and there were so many other reasons of her suicide. She left her home and left one note also to her sister and to her husband. In the note she mentioned that she was going to kill herself. She had not mentioned about how and where but she left the note to two people. She had committed suicide with drown herself in river. After that , so many news came about this and people have desire to know about the actual reason of her suicide. On websites or other sources the suicide note of Virginia Woolf is available.
In so many movies shown the suicide theme like jai ho movie one girl committed suicide for her exam day her brother not reach a time. And in jolly LLB 2 the case about Iqbal qasim's death. It is a not a death but a murder. Iqbal's wife Hina committed suicide for falling to get justice for her husband. There are so many reasons behind that suicide in society. Misty farmers suicide behind reason is economical problem. And the case of students fear for less marks and results. They have a fear about how their parents react. Rohith vemula was a Indian PhD scholar at University of Hyderabad. In 2015 university stopped paying fellowship. With his friends raising issue under the banner Ambedkar students association. They have no proof but give punishment to not appear exam. The 7 moths scholarship was stopped. And he fight against the power. He have wish to become a writer and at the end he write only his suicide notes.
Bhishma & Adrian :-
Bhashma is very well known character in the MAHABHARTA. He have a boon to end of his life whenever he wants. Mostly people choose easy way to end their life. They show the lake of courage. But Bhashma and Adrian different then others. Both choose different and difficult path for ending their life. Everyone can’t do that. They believe in ' I should have the right to end of my life'.
Conclusion :
So by the most important theme of suicide, the novel get turn. Robson’s and Adrian suicide not any strong reference about reason of suicide in novel. By the theme of suicide Julian Barnes present the reality of society that how situation become strong on person and force them to die. End of the novel it seems Adrian may have done so far more concrete reason. We don’t know what really happened in a mind of Adrian but we can certainly tell that 'Something happened' and the way it has happened without any doubt his suicide it was impressive.
‘ Suicide is a final art to canvas of life'
Death with a time is a maturity of life.
Work cited :
Baena, victoria. 15 jun 2018. 7 march 2020
<https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-sense-of-an-ending/summary>.
Barnes, Julian.
"The Sense of an Ending." Jonarthan Cape , Knopf, 2011. 163.
Jadeja, Poojaba. 23
february 2015. Poojaba Jadeja. 7 march 2020 <https://youtu.be/FqmVqvXGMmw>.
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