Hello
readers,
This blog is a part of my classroom
activity on the novel “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes.
(1) What is the meaning of phrase
‘Blood Money’ in Veronica’s reply email?
Ans.The meaning of this Phrase is
that someone’s blood involve in that money and parhaps that blood was Adrian’s
blood. Because Adrian has relationship with Veronica’s mother Sarah and that’s
why Adrian committed suicide so, blood of Adrian was involved in that money that’s
why Veronica called it “Blood Money.”
(2) How do you decipher the equation: b = s – v
x/+ a1 or a2 + v + a1 X s = b?
Ans. Equation 1: b= s – v x / +
a1
B = Baby
S = Sarah Ford
V = Veronica
A1 = Adrian
Here ‘b’ stand
for baby which is the result of Sarah Ford and Adrians relationship. Sarah Ford
was the one who responsible for Adrian and Veronica’s breakup. So after breakup with veronica Sarah and Adrian
became one so baby is the result of their relationship.
Equation 2 a2 + v + a1 X s = b
In this
euation Antony (Tony) is present. Tony wrote letter to Adrian that he goes to
meet Mrs. Sarah Ford before relationship with Veronica. So He goes to meet
Sarah Ford and fall in to love with her and both have physical relationship.
Because of relationship with Adrian Sarah became pregnant and they both have
baby.
(3) Adrian’s diary is willed to Tony by Sarah
Ford. Why did Sarah Ford own it? Why was it in the possession of Veronica?
Ans. Sarah
Ford owned the dairy of Adrian because both were in relationship with each
other. Adrian was the father of her child so she has dairy of Adrian. Tony is
friend of Adrian that’s why after her death
Adrian’s dairy is willed to Tony by her. This diary was now In
passession of veroniva because she is daught of Sarah Ford so after her death
all thing became Veronica. So, diary also under the possetion of veronica.
(4) Was the mentally retarded middle aged
‘Adrian’, Tony’s friend who did not commit suicide and was suffering from
trauma and thus gone mad, and was living with hidden identity?
It is remain one doubt but it is not became possible because
in first part Tony say’s that he and Adrian both are in one school and also
classmate so how can middle aged Adrian be Old Tony’s classmate? So we can say
that middle aged ‘Adrian’ is son of Adrian not Adrin himself.
(5) How was Veronica related to Adrian, the one
suffering in care-in-the-community?
Veronica and Adrian both are brother and sister because
Adrian is the child of her mother Sarah Ford and Adrian. So she became
stepsister of Adrian.
(6) Do you see any missing block – some dot which
is not getting connected with the whole or dot missing to get full sense of the
novel - in the plot of this psychological thriller?
There are many missing blocks in the novel. We have many
question which are not answered in the novel. In the entire novel creat some
mystery which also solved in the end of the novel but we can not satishfied
with that all answere. We have still many question in our mind like,
Ø Why Adrian commited suicide even he
was happy in his last day with Sarah Ford?
Ø Why Sarah ford behave mysterious?
Ø What was the mejor reasion behind
Robson’s death and Adrian’s Death?
Ø Why Tony and Veronica departed?
We have many doubt in this novel but we have
no answere about it. Whatever answere was given it is come from Tony’s
narration so sometime it is not reliable.
(7) Do you see any possible reason in the suicide
of Adrian Finn?
Adrian was died because of his philosophical sense. He was
dies because may be he was not happy in the relationship with Sarah Ford. May be he suffer from mantly troma Because he
has relationship with his girlfriend’s mother. And may be he has guilt because
of his relationship with Sarah, she become pregnant so society not except their
relationship and he can not marry with her so he committed suicide. So this all
are the possible reason behind his death.
(8) In the light of new revelations, how do you
read character of Veronica? Instinctive, manipulative, calculating, stubborn,
haughty, sacrificial, trustworthy, good Samaritan?
In the light of new revelation we see Veronica as sacrificial
woman because she is the one who sacrifice herslf and also suffer a lot.
(9) What do you
mean by Unreliable Narrator? Is Tony Webster classifiable as Unreliable
Narrator?
Yes, Tony webster classifiable as unreliable narrator because
this novel is baised on memory of sixty year old Tony Webster who can not
remamber in perticular order. This thing he clearly say’s at the begning of the
novel that,
“I remember, in no particular order.”
So we can not reliant on the narrator Tony Webster.
Thank you...