The Sense of an Ending

Hello readers,

       This blog is a part of my classroom activity on the novel “The Sense of an Ending” by Julian Barnes.

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(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...