110 lines
6.8 KiB
Plaintext
110 lines
6.8 KiB
Plaintext
ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜ
|
|
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßÛßßßßßÛÛÜ ÜÜßßßßÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛßß ßÛÛ
|
|
ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜ ßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÝ Ûß
|
|
ßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÞÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÜÞÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÞß
|
|
Mo.iMP ÜÛÛÜ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ßÛß
|
|
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛ
|
|
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ß ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛ
|
|
ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß
|
|
ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÜ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÛÛÞÛÛÛÛÛÝ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
|
|
ÜÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÞÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛ Ü ÛÝÛÛÛÛÛ Ü
|
|
ÜÛ ÞÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ßÛÜ ßÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÜÛÛÛß ÞÛ ÞÛÛÛÝ ÜÜÛÛ
|
|
ÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÜÜÜß ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛß
|
|
ßÛÜ ÜÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßßÜÜ ßßÜÛÛßß ßÛÛÜ ßßßÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßß
|
|
ßßßßß ßßÛÛß ßßßßß ßßßßßßßßßßßßß
|
|
ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
|
|
|
|
Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
|
|
[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay on The French ]
|
|
[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Lieutenant's Woman by ]
|
|
[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [John Fowles ]
|
|
[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
|
|
|
|
Dizzed: 10/94 # of Words:974 School: ? State: ?
|
|
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>Chop Here>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
|
|
The French Lieutenant's Woman
|
|
|
|
On page 316 of the novel The French Lieutenant's Woman author John
|
|
Fowles briefly interrupts the fiction to discuss with the reader his role
|
|
as a novelist. He has come up with two very different endings to the novel
|
|
and wishes to share both with his readers. However, he cannot give two
|
|
storyline endings simultaneously, and if one comes before another, the
|
|
final chapter will seem more potent than the first. In trying not to side
|
|
with any particular characters he decides on a coin toss to decide which
|
|
conclusion to give last. At this point Charles is on a train, and Fowles
|
|
considers leaving him there to allow the reader the opportunity devise
|
|
their own conclusion for the novel.
|
|
|
|
I can only assume that Fowles came up with both endings at roughly the
|
|
same time, and each of them seemed as valid an ending as the other to him.
|
|
Traditionally, it would have been up to him to chose one ending and make it
|
|
final. However it seems he was not able, or did not want to chose just one
|
|
of the endings to the novel. It would seem that Fowles is trying to be fair
|
|
to all of the characters by including the various endings which satisfy all
|
|
of them. Fowles comments that the job of a novelist is "to put two
|
|
conflicting wants in the ring and describe the fight", which is essentially
|
|
what he has done. However it is hard to decide for whom to fix the fight in
|
|
favor of when one owns both fighters.
|
|
|
|
Fowles also briefly mentions allowing "freedom of characters" in his
|
|
writing. This concept is somewhat vague. To allow freedom of characters is
|
|
to essentially allow the characters to do anything that the author thinks
|
|
of. Why would a character ever not be able to do whatever the author thinks
|
|
of ? There are no written rules that authors must conform to while writing
|
|
a novel about how characters must behave, and that a character must stay in
|
|
character. The identity of the character is constantly changing as the
|
|
novel progresses, constantly being updated since the reader has only a
|
|
brief glimpse into the life of a character in the novel. I think it would
|
|
be quite rare for an author to not allow his characters freedom (unless of
|
|
course he is living in a country under dictatorship or communism, but that
|
|
doesn't count because the author doesn't have freedom either so why should
|
|
his characters).
|
|
|
|
"The chief argument of fight fixing is to show one's readers what one
|
|
thinks of the world around one". The author must fix the fight in favor of
|
|
one side to make the writing a novel, to create the story with one's views
|
|
on the world implanted into it. Fowles however did not live in the world he
|
|
is fixing the fight in and can only know about it from other readings or
|
|
indirect information. Fowles describes a story that has supposedly taken
|
|
place over a century ago, and shows several views of another world by
|
|
giving the novel two separate endings. Through this Fowles shows two
|
|
separate views , by giving us two separate endings, which essentially
|
|
changes his entire outlook on the world from one ending to another. One is
|
|
more optimistic than the other, so he gives us an optimistic look at the
|
|
world as well as a pessimistic view of the world in which the novel
|
|
unfolds.
|
|
|
|
The bulk of Fowles comments on what a novelist should be are somewhat
|
|
contradictory to what he has done with his novel. He has said that it is
|
|
the job of the author to describe the conflict after having chosen the
|
|
outcome. However, Fowles himself seems to play quite an active role in The
|
|
French Lieutenant's Woman , often jumping in to give modern day references
|
|
such as in the case of Mrs. Poultney and the Gestapo. I believe this kind
|
|
of writing is very beneficial for the reader. If the author has enough
|
|
information about an era to convincingly write about it, and make
|
|
references to modern times, it seems to give the reader a better
|
|
understanding of the novel and make them feel more involved. Although
|
|
Fowles has said that his job is simply to describe the fight it is somewhat
|
|
more interesting when he slips back into the 20th century.
|
|
|
|
In the many places in the novel when Fowles jumps in to the novel to
|
|
explain or further describe something, he often gives away that even he
|
|
does not know what is going to happen next. It is asthough he is
|
|
discovering right along with the reader, as he imagines it the reader reads
|
|
it. I writing in this style may be beneficial to the novel. In this way the
|
|
other does sub-consciously bias the novel towards the protagonist or
|
|
antagonist, but makes the conflict seem realistic enough that it's not
|
|
beyond the realm of possibility for either of the sides to take control and
|
|
"win" the novel. Through this style of writing, the novel has a more
|
|
lifelike feel to it because people don't get inside tips from an other as
|
|
they live their real lives.
|
|
|
|
Fowles seems to believe that the novelist should not be thinking or
|
|
intentionally creating a plot, but rather to let one unfold and simply
|
|
describe it. He makes it out to be as though authors have a peep-hole to
|
|
another dimension though which they watch and write down everything they
|
|
see. Their job is simply to fix and convincingly report on a fight without
|
|
showing too much bias for one side or the other as to not make it too
|
|
obvious for whom the fight has been fixed. His views of what a novelist
|
|
should be seem quite unique and somewhat idealistic.
|